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)