diff --git a/acconfig.h b/acconfig.h
index ea6988f..3d82125 100644
--- a/acconfig.h
+++ b/acconfig.h
@@ -270,6 +270,10 @@
 /* Define if lex declares yytext as a char * by default, not a char[].  */
 #undef YYTEXT_POINTER
 
+/* Enlightenment paths */
+#undef EROOT
+#undef EBIN
+
 
 /* Leave that blank line there!!  Autoheader needs it.
    If you're adding to this file, keep in mind:
diff --git a/api/Makefile.am b/api/Makefile.am
index d1c1fbf..8bb6a75 100644
--- a/api/Makefile.am
+++ b/api/Makefile.am
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 lib_LTLIBRARIES = libepplet.la
 
+include_HEADERS = epplet.h
 libepplet_la_SOURCES = epplet.c
 libepplet_la_DEPENDENCIES = $(top_builddir)/config.h
 libepplet_la_LDFLAGS = -version-info 1:0:1
diff --git a/api/epplet.h b/api/epplet.h.in
similarity index 99%
rename from api/epplet.h
rename to api/epplet.h.in
index 5f1cf93..8da413c 100644
--- a/api/epplet.h
+++ b/api/epplet.h.in
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@
 #include <pwd.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 
+#define EROOT "@EROOT@"
+#define EBIN  "@EBIN@"
+
 /****************************************************************************/
 /* Data structures & primitives                                             */
 /****************************************************************************/
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 67fc969..f6d8b0f 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 dnl# $Id$
 
-AC_INIT(api/epplet.h)
+AC_INIT(api/epplet.c)
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(Epplets, 0.1)
 
 dnl# Supply default CFLAGS, if not specified by `CFLAGS=flags ./configure'
@@ -191,6 +191,8 @@ else
   AC_MSG_RESULT(warning:  EBIN environment variable not detected.  Using $EBIN)
   AC_SUBST(EBIN)
 fi
+AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(EROOT, "$EROOT")
+AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(EBIN, "$EBIN")
 
 CFLAGS=${CFLAGS--O}
 LDFLAGS=${LDFLAGS--O}
@@ -210,4 +212,14 @@ AM_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)
 
 AC_OUTPUT(Makefile api/Makefile epplets/Makefile)
 
+echo "creating api/epplet.h"
+sed -e "s%@EROOT@%$EROOT%g" -e "s%@EBIN@%$EBIN%g" api/epplet.h.in > api/epplet.h.new
+if (diff api/epplet.h.new api/epplet.h >/dev/null 2>&1); then
+  echo "api/epplet.h unchanged."
+  rm -f api/epplet.h.new
+else
+  rm -f api/epplet.h
+  mv api/epplet.h.new api/epplet.h
+fi
+
 echo "Now type 'make' to build $PACKAGE $VERSION."
diff --git a/epplets/Makefile.am b/epplets/Makefile.am
index e82e83e..3291de1 100644
--- a/epplets/Makefile.am
+++ b/epplets/Makefile.am
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ EXTRA_DIST = E-Load.icon E-Clock.icon E-Net.icon E-Cpu.icon EppletTest.icon \
 E-Clock-Image.png
 
 install-data-hook:
-	$(mkinstalldirs) $(EROOT)/epplet_icons;
-	for i in $(srcdir)/*.icon $(srcdir)/*.png; do \
-	  $(INSTALL_DATA) $$i $(EROOT)/epplet_icons/; \
+	$(mkinstalldirs) $(EROOT)/epplet_icons
+	@for i in $(srcdir)/*.icon ; do \
+	  echo $(INSTALL_DATA) $$i $(EROOT)/epplet_icons/ ; \
+	  $(INSTALL_DATA) $$i $(EROOT)/epplet_icons/ ; \
 	done