diff --git a/doc/Makefile.am b/doc/Makefile.am
index 108dfa7a312d4f3599e85d067f3656644058f182..4d0eb082704eb8a3f9856aba6fb65ee6250e1aa7 100644
--- a/doc/Makefile.am
+++ b/doc/Makefile.am
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = foreign
 
-docdir = $(prefix)/doc/$(PACKAGE)-$(VERSION)
+docdir = $(datadir)/$(PACKAGE)-$(VERSION)
 
 doc_DATA = API USAGE DRIVERS WANTED