diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/Utilities.cs b/OpenRA.Game/Utilities.cs
index 5d7dcc64dc..700c833b30 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Game/Utilities.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/Utilities.cs
@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ namespace OpenRA
 			ExecuteUtilityAsync("--extract-zip \"{0}\" \"{1}\"".F(zipFile, path), parseOutput, onComplete);
 		}
 		
-		public void InstallRAFilesAsync(string cdPath, Action<string> parseOutput, Action onComplete)
+		public void InstallRAFilesAsync(string cdPath, string path, Action<string> parseOutput, Action onComplete)
 		{
-			ExecuteUtilityAsync("--install-ra-packages \"{0}\"".F(cdPath), parseOutput, onComplete);
+			ExecuteUtilityAsync("--install-ra-packages \"{0}\" \"{1}\"".F(cdPath, path), parseOutput, onComplete);
 		}
 		
 		public void PromptFilepathAsync(string title, Action<string> withPath)
diff --git a/OpenRA.Mods.RA/Widgets/Delegates/GameInitDelegate.cs b/OpenRA.Mods.RA/Widgets/Delegates/GameInitDelegate.cs
index b9906d7d73..097daed367 100755
--- a/OpenRA.Mods.RA/Widgets/Delegates/GameInitDelegate.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Mods.RA/Widgets/Delegates/GameInitDelegate.cs
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ namespace OpenRA.Mods.RA.Widgets.Delegates
 			};
 			
 			if (Info.InstallMode == "ra")
-				Game.Utilities.InstallRAFilesAsync(path, parseOutput, onComplete);
+				Game.Utilities.InstallRAFilesAsync(path, FileSystem.SpecialPackageRoot+Info.PackagePath, parseOutput, onComplete);
 			else 
 				ShowDownloadError("Installing from CD not supported");
 		}
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ namespace OpenRA.Mods.RA.Widgets.Delegates
 							Game.RunAfterTick(() => ContinueLoading(Info));
 					};
 					
-					Game.RunAfterTick(() => Game.Utilities.ExtractZipAsync(file, Info.PackagePath, parseOutput, onComplete));
+					Game.RunAfterTick(() => Game.Utilities.ExtractZipAsync(file, FileSystem.SpecialPackageRoot+Info.PackagePath, parseOutput, onComplete));
 				}
 			};
 			
diff --git a/OpenRA.Utility/Command.cs b/OpenRA.Utility/Command.cs
index 1395ec7108..d416511a17 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Utility/Command.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Utility/Command.cs
@@ -57,14 +57,14 @@ namespace OpenRA.Utility
 		
 		public static void InstallRAPackages(string[] args)
 		{
-			if (args.Length < 2)
+			if (args.Length < 3)
 			{
 				Console.WriteLine("Error: Invalid syntax");
 				return;
 			}
 
 			var basePath = "{0}{1}".F(args[1], Path.DirectorySeparatorChar);
-			var toPath = "mods{0}ra{0}packages{0}".F(Path.DirectorySeparatorChar);
+			var toPath = args[2];
 			var directCopy = new string[] {"INSTALL/REDALERT.MIX"};
 			var extract = new string[] {"conquer.mix", "russian.mix", "allies.mix", "sounds.mix",
 										"scores.mix", "snow.mix", "interior.mix", "temperat.mix"};
@@ -87,14 +87,14 @@ namespace OpenRA.Utility
 
 		public static void InstallCncPackages(string[] args)
 		{
-			if (args.Length < 2)
+			if (args.Length < 3)
 			{
 				Console.WriteLine("Error: Invalid syntax");
 				return;
 			}
 			
 			var basePath = "{0}{1}".F(args[1], Path.DirectorySeparatorChar);
-			var toPath = "mods{0}cnc{0}packages{0}".F(Path.DirectorySeparatorChar);
+			var toPath = args[2];
 			var directCopy = new string[] {"CONQUER.MIX", "DESERT.MIX", "GENERAL.MIX", "SCORES.MIX",
 											   "SOUNDS.MIX", "TEMPERAT.MIX", "WINTER.MIX"};
 			var extract = new string[] {"cclocal.mix", "speech.mix", "tempicnh.mix", "updatec.mix"};