diff --git a/sflphone-client-gnome/sflphone.desktop.in b/sflphone-client-gnome/sflphone.desktop.in
index 2fde3130f21d8ac551f24c7e3f4ab1598fe6bb1c..f621e8a166a35065184b98aa2088285c9afa6205 100644
--- a/sflphone-client-gnome/sflphone.desktop.in
+++ b/sflphone-client-gnome/sflphone.desktop.in
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 [Desktop Entry]
-Encoding=UTF-8
 Name=SFLphone GNOME VoIP client
 GenericName=Telephone
 Comment=Call and receive calls with SIP or IAX protocols
diff --git a/sflphone-client-gnome/src/Makefile.am b/sflphone-client-gnome/src/Makefile.am
index fede093cac4ce350c9cc7a4abdb0a4c2ea45f1aa..a483cc3fc1effe5f3a465b60973f26c2cd0a26b9 100644
--- a/sflphone-client-gnome/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/sflphone-client-gnome/src/Makefile.am
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ sflphone_client_gnome_LDADD = $(DEPS_LIBS) $(NOTIFY_LIBS) $(SFLPHONEGTK_LIBS) $(
 # add symbolic link	     
 install-exec-local:
 	echo $(prefix); echo $(bindir); echo $(datadir); echo $(libdir)
-	cd $(bindir); ln -sf sflphone-client-gnome sflphone 
+	cd $(DESTDIR)$(bindir); ln -sf sflphone-client-gnome sflphone 
 
 uninstall-local:
-	-test -h $(bindir)/sflphone && rm $(bindir)/sflphone
+	-test -h $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/sflphone && rm $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/sflphone
diff --git a/sflphone-common/globals.mak b/sflphone-common/globals.mak
index 22944b21e0a8f9b42744ff62c8954e6c26c78287..d1fc09c70b62ce5500ac999762e1ef35dce2f99e 100644
--- a/sflphone-common/globals.mak
+++ b/sflphone-common/globals.mak
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Global variables
 src=$(top_srcdir)
-sflcodecdir=$(libdir)/sflphone/codecs
-sflplugindir=$(libdir)/sflphone/plugins
+sflcodecdir=$(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/sflphone/codecs
+sflplugindir=$(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/sflphone/plugins
 
 # for pjsip
 export TARGET_NAME := @target@