diff --git a/CMakeLists_template.txt b/CMakeLists_template.txt
index 4e84928b7abb417ad2df67ccf7bd5bf7ad02a1eb..531bfed5ef83b02dc0fa597b472d987c3673871b 100755
--- a/CMakeLists_template.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists_template.txt
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ endif(COMMAND cmake_policy)
 
 # The project name and the type of project
 PROJECT(project_name)
+SET(PACKAGE_NAME project-name)
 
 SET(EXECUTABLE_OUTPUT_PATH ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/bin)
 SET(LIBRARY_OUTPUT_PATH ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/lib)
diff --git a/new_project.sh b/new_project.sh
index dfba67b45663b0650e56aeaaf4b79513d718e800..23dedf502c2864dd5b0addba25afabb345be5f0f 100755
--- a/new_project.sh
+++ b/new_project.sh
@@ -162,12 +162,15 @@ rm ReadMe_template.md
 #Set the project name on the CMakeLists.txt script file
 #NEW_NAME=$(echo $NAME | sed 's/_/-/g')
 NEW_NAME=$NAME
+NEW_NAME_WITH_DASHES=$(echo $NAME | sed 's/_/-/g')
 if [ $TEST = 1 ]
 then
   sed 's/project_name/'$NEW_NAME'/g' <CMakeLists_test_template.txt >./CMakeLists.txt
 else
-  sed 's/project_name/'$NEW_NAME'/g' <CMakeLists_template.txt >./CMakeLists.txt
+  sed 's/project_name/'$NEW_NAME'/g' <CMakeLists_template.txt >./temp1.txt
+  sed 's/project-name/'$NEW_NAME_WITH_DASHES'/g' <temp1.txt >./CMakeLists.txt
 fi
+rm temp1.txt
 rm CMakeLists_test_template.txt
 rm CMakeLists_template.txt