diff --git a/dpdk/mk/rte.sdkinstall.mk b/dpdk/mk/rte.sdkinstall.mk
index 7b0d8b5..35caf33 100644
--- a/dpdk/mk/rte.sdkinstall.mk
+++ b/dpdk/mk/rte.sdkinstall.mk
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ libdir      ?= $(exec_prefix)/lib
 includedir  ?=      $(prefix)/include/dpdk
 datarootdir ?=      $(prefix)/share
 docdir      ?=       $(datarootdir)/doc/dpdk
-datadir     ?=       $(datarootdir)/dpdk
+datadir     ?=       $(libdir)/dpdk
 mandir      ?=       $(datarootdir)/man
 sdkdir      ?=                $(datadir)
 targetdir   ?=                $(datadir)/$(RTE_TARGET)