diff --git a/Source/cmInstallGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmInstallGenerator.cxx
index 7500b326dc..876498d12f 100644
--- a/Source/cmInstallGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmInstallGenerator.cxx
@@ -219,6 +219,10 @@ bool cmInstallGenerator::InstallsForConfig(std::string const& config)
 std::string cmInstallGenerator::ConvertToAbsoluteDestination(
   std::string const& dest)
 {
+  if (dest == ".") {
+    return "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}";
+  }
+
   std::string result;
   if (!dest.empty() && !cmSystemTools::FileIsFullPath(dest)) {
     result = "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/";
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/install/FILES-DESTINATION-dot-all-stdout.txt b/Tests/RunCMake/install/FILES-DESTINATION-dot-all-stdout.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d9fde44ced
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/install/FILES-DESTINATION-dot-all-stdout.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+-- Installing: [^
+]+/Tests/RunCMake/install/FILES-DESTINATION-dot-build/root-all/empty\.c
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/install/FILES-DESTINATION-dot.cmake b/Tests/RunCMake/install/FILES-DESTINATION-dot.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..eb3b0d52ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/install/FILES-DESTINATION-dot.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+install(FILES empty.c DESTINATION ".")
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/install/RunCMakeTest.cmake b/Tests/RunCMake/install/RunCMakeTest.cmake
index 818b898872..fcd1cd503e 100644
--- a/Tests/RunCMake/install/RunCMakeTest.cmake
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/install/RunCMakeTest.cmake
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ if(CMake_TEST_ISPC)
   run_install_test(FILES-EXTRA_ISPC_TARGET_OBJECTS)
 endif()
 
+run_install_test(FILES-DESTINATION-dot)
 
 run_install_test(TARGETS-InstallFromSubDir)
 run_install_test(TARGETS-OPTIONAL)