diff --git a/global/htags/Makefile.am b/global/htags/Makefile.am

index 84410e9..d7d1a7d 100644

--- a/global/htags/Makefile.am

+++ b/global/htags/Makefile.am

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ gtags_DATA = global.cgi.tmpl ghtml.cgi.tmpl completion.cgi.tmpl bless.sh.tmpl \

 EXTRA_DIST = $(man_MANS) $(gtags_DATA) manual.in global.cgi.tmpl.in completion.cgi.tmpl.in \

 		const.h c.l cpp.l java.l php.l asm.l

 install-data-hook:

-	dir="$(localstatedir)/gtags/sitekeys"; \

+	dir="$(DESTDIR)/$(localstatedir)/gtags/sitekeys"; \

 	if [ ! -d $$dir ]; then \

 		$(MKDIR_P) $$dir; \

 		chmod 755 $$dir; \

diff --git a/global/htags/Makefile.in b/global/htags/Makefile.in

index e8ff8cf..459b503 100644

--- a/global/htags/Makefile.in

+++ b/global/htags/Makefile.in

@@ -672,7 +672,7 @@ uninstall-man: uninstall-man1

 	uninstall-man1

 install-data-hook:

-	dir="$(localstatedir)/gtags/sitekeys"; \

+	dir="$(DESTDIR)/$(localstatedir)/gtags/sitekeys"; \

 	if [ ! -d $$dir ]; then \

 		$(MKDIR_P) $$dir; \

 		chmod 755 $$dir; \