diff --git a/src/interfaces/r/CMakeLists.txt b/src/interfaces/r/CMakeLists.txt
index 7b596acb2b1..cd9ba5bc41e 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/r/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/interfaces/r/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -28,4 +28,4 @@ install(FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/shogun.RData
 
 install(CODE "FILE(MAKE_DIRECTORY \$ENV{DESTDIR}/${R_COMPONENT_LIB_PATH}/shogun/Meta)")
 
-install(CODE "EXECUTE_PROCESS(COMMAND ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src/.r-install.sh \$ENV{DESTDIR}/${R_COMPONENT_LIB_PATH} shogun so saveRDS WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR})")
+install(CODE "EXECUTE_PROCESS(COMMAND ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/r-install.sh \$ENV{DESTDIR}/${R_COMPONENT_LIB_PATH} shogun so saveRDS WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR})")
diff --git a/src/.r-install.sh b/src/interfaces/r/r-install.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from src/.r-install.sh
rename to src/interfaces/r/r-install.sh