diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 30e1d1fc5..d1893ca33 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -217,19 +217,11 @@ endif()
 
 # Enforce absolute paths for non-bundle builds:
 if(NOT BUILD_BUNDLE)
-    if(NOT(IS_ABSOLUTE "${BINDIR}"))
-        message(FATAL_ERROR "The BINDIR path has to be absolute, or use -DBUILD_BUNDLE=ON")
-    elseif(NOT(IS_ABSOLUTE "${DATADIR}"))
-        message(FATAL_ERROR "The DATADIR path has to be absolute, or use -DBUILD_BUNDLE=ON")
-    elseif(NOT(IS_ABSOLUTE "${LIBDIR}"))
-        message(FATAL_ERROR "The LIBDIR path has to be absolute, or use -DBUILD_BUNDLE=ON")
-    elseif(NOT(IS_ABSOLUTE "${DOCDIR}"))
-        message(FATAL_ERROR "The DOCDIR path has to be absolute, or use -DBUILD_BUNDLE=ON")
-    elseif(NOT(IS_ABSOLUTE "${CREDITSDIR}"))
-        message(FATAL_ERROR "The CREDITSDIR path has to be absolute, or use -DBUILD_BUNDLE=ON")
-    elseif(NOT(IS_ABSOLUTE "${LICENCEDIR}"))
-        message(FATAL_ERROR "The LICENCEDIR path has to be absolute, or use -DBUILD_BUNDLE=ON")
-    endif()
+    foreach(path BINDIR DATADIR LIBDIR DOCDIR CREDITSDIR LICENCEDIR)
+        if(NOT (IS_ABSOLUTE "${${path}}"))
+            message (FATAL_ERROR "The ${path} path has to be absolute when using -DBUILD_BUNDLE=OFF")
+        endif()
+    endforeach()
 endif()
 
 # MyMutex: