diff --git a/cmake/modules/falcosecurity-libs-repo/CMakeLists.txt b/cmake/modules/falcosecurity-libs-repo/CMakeLists.txt
index 9506c70f..37b50568 100644
--- a/cmake/modules/falcosecurity-libs-repo/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cmake/modules/falcosecurity-libs-repo/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -25,4 +25,4 @@ ExternalProject_Add(
   BUILD_COMMAND ""
   INSTALL_COMMAND ""
   TEST_COMMAND ""
-  PATCH_COMMAND patch -p1 -i ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/patch/libscap.patch && patch -p1 -i ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/patch/luajit.patch)
+  PATCH_COMMAND patch -p1 -i ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/patch/libscap.patch && patch -p1 -i ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/patch/luajit.patch && patch -p1 -i ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/patch/grpc.patch)
diff --git a/cmake/modules/falcosecurity-libs-repo/patch/grpc.patch b/cmake/modules/falcosecurity-libs-repo/patch/grpc.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0b118766
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/modules/falcosecurity-libs-repo/patch/grpc.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff --git a/cmake/modules/grpc.cmake b/cmake/modules/grpc.cmake
+index ffa4e6c4..346939b9 100644
+--- a/cmake/modules/grpc.cmake
++++ b/cmake/modules/grpc.cmake
+@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ else()
+ 				-DZLIB_ROOT:STRING=${ZLIB_SRC}
+ 			BUILD_IN_SOURCE 1
+ 			BUILD_BYPRODUCTS ${GRPC_LIB} ${GRPCPP_LIB} ${GPR_LIB} ${GRPC_LIBRARIES}
++			INSTALL_COMMAND DESTDIR=/ make install
+ 		)
+ 	endif()
+ endif()