diff --git a/jenkins-scripts/docker/gz_cmake-compilation.bash b/jenkins-scripts/docker/gz_cmake-compilation.bash
index 5691b6e34..e9577750d 100644
--- a/jenkins-scripts/docker/gz_cmake-compilation.bash
+++ b/jenkins-scripts/docker/gz_cmake-compilation.bash
@@ -31,6 +31,11 @@ if ! [[ ${GZ_CMAKE_MAJOR_VERSION} =~ ^-?[0-9]+$ ]]; then
   exit -1
 fi
 
+
+if [ "${GZ_CMAKE_MAJOR_VERSION}" -ge 3 ]; then
+  BUILDING_EXTRA_CMAKE_PARAMS+=" -DGZ_ENABLE_RELOCATABLE_INSTALL=True"
+fi
+
 export GZDEV_PROJECT_NAME="gz-cmake${GZ_CMAKE_MAJOR_VERSION}"
 
 . ${SCRIPT_DIR}/lib/generic-building-base.bash
diff --git a/jenkins-scripts/ign_cmake-default-devel-windows-amd64.bat b/jenkins-scripts/ign_cmake-default-devel-windows-amd64.bat
index 99e0e8373..798bf1550 100644
--- a/jenkins-scripts/ign_cmake-default-devel-windows-amd64.bat
+++ b/jenkins-scripts/ign_cmake-default-devel-windows-amd64.bat
@@ -9,4 +9,10 @@ set COLCON_PACKAGE=gz-cmake
 set COLCON_AUTO_MAJOR_VERSION=true
 set COLCON_PACKAGE_EXTRA_CMAKE_ARGS="-DBUILDSYSTEM_TESTING:BOOL=True"
 
+setlocal ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION
+for /f %%i in ('python "%SCRIPT_DIR%\tools\detect_cmake_major_version.py" "%WORKSPACE%\%VCS_DIRECTORY%\CMakeLists.txt"') do set PKG_MAJOR_VERSION=%%i
+if !PKG_MAJOR_VERSION! gtr 3 (
+  set COLCON_PACKAGE_EXTRA_CMAKE_ARGS="%COLCON_PACKAGE_EXTRA_CMAKE_ARGS% -DGZ_ENABLE_RELOCATABLE_INSTALL=True"
+)
+
 call "%SCRIPT_DIR%\lib\colcon-default-devel-windows.bat"