diff --git a/data/Makefile.am b/data/Makefile.am
index 98af1d7e..6e4013d9 100644
--- a/data/Makefile.am
+++ b/data/Makefile.am
@@ -136,8 +136,10 @@ install-data-local:
 	cp -r -p $(top_builddir)/data/seq66cli/* $(datafolder)/seq66cli/
 	cp -r -p $(top_builddir)/data/win/* $(datafolder)/win/
 	cp -r -p $(top_builddir)/data/wrk/* $(datafolder)/wrk/
-	cp -p $(top_srcdir)/data/share/applications/seq66.desktop $(datadir)/applications/
-	cp -r -p $(top_srcdir)/data/share/icons/* $(datadir)/icons/
+	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(datadir)/applications
+	cp -p $(top_srcdir)/data/share/applications/seq66.desktop $(DESTDIR)$(datadir)/applications
+	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(datadir)/icons
+	cp -r -p $(top_srcdir)/data/share/icons/* $(DESTDIR)$(datadir)/icons/
 	@echo "Copying Seq66 documentation to $(docfolder)..."
 	mkdir -p $(docfolder)
 	cp -r -p $(top_srcdir)/data/share/doc/*.pdf $(docfolder)
@@ -154,8 +156,8 @@ install-data-local:
 uninstall-hook:
 	rm -rf $(datafolder)
 	rm -rf $(docfolder)
-	rm -f $(datadir)/applications/seq66.desktop
-	find $(datadir)/icons/ -iname "*seq66*.png" -exec rm -f '{}' \;
+	rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(datadir)/applications/seq66.desktop
+	find $(DESTDIR)$(datadir)/icons/ -iname "*seq66*.png" -exec rm -f '{}' \;
 
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 # Makefile.am (seq66/include)