diff --git a/sflphone-common/po/Makefile.am b/sflphone-common/po/Makefile.am
index 696a63db8212f32f017cc965e0a457d01401b209..c67eec38b50e86ba0c1b0ff6a9a527cf09d72b1c 100644
--- a/sflphone-common/po/Makefile.am
+++ b/sflphone-common/po/Makefile.am
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # location of installation directories
-locale_installdir=$(datadir)/locale
+locale_installdir=$(DESTDIR)$(datadir)/locale
 DOMAIN=sflphone
 
 POTFILE=sflphone.pot