diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 7ffcf669cf..1410c52e01 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 #  51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA
 #
 
-cmake_minimum_required( VERSION 3.12 FATAL_ERROR )
+cmake_minimum_required( VERSION 3.16 FATAL_ERROR )
 
 # Default to CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE = Release unless overridden on command line
 # http://www.cmake.org/pipermail/cmake/2008-September/023808.html
diff --git a/pcbnew/CMakeLists.txt b/pcbnew/CMakeLists.txt
index 82de09f3ff..13b8791ae0 100644
--- a/pcbnew/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/pcbnew/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -829,7 +829,13 @@ elseif( APPLE )
     add_dependencies( ScriptingModulesPcbnewSoCopy ScriptingPythonDirectoryCreation )
     set( PYMOD_EXT "so" )
 else()  # only linux remains among supported platforms
-    install( FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/_pcbnew.kiface DESTINATION ${PYTHON_DEST} COMPONENT binary RENAME "_pcbnew.so" )
+    install( TARGETS pcbnew_kiface DESTINATION ${PYTHON_DEST} COMPONENT binary )
+    cmake_policy(SET CMP0087 NEW)
+    install( CODE
+        "file( RENAME
+         \$ENV{DESTDIR}${PYTHON_DEST}/\$<TARGET_FILE_NAME:pcbnew_kiface>
+         \$ENV{DESTDIR}${PYTHON_DEST}/_pcbnew.so
+       )" )
     set( PYMOD_EXT "so" )
 endif()