diff --git a/legacy/efreet/src/lib/Makefile.am b/legacy/efreet/src/lib/Makefile.am
index fd978763c3..bed27fd548 100644
--- a/legacy/efreet/src/lib/Makefile.am
+++ b/legacy/efreet/src/lib/Makefile.am
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ $(EFREETHEADERS)
 libefreet_la_SOURCES = \
 	$(EFREETSOURCES)
 libefreet_la_CPPFLAGS =  \
+-DDATADIR=\"$(datadir)\" \
 -I$(top_builddir) \
 -I$(top_srcdir) \
 @EFL_EFREET_BUILD@ \
diff --git a/legacy/efreet/src/lib/efreet_base.c b/legacy/efreet/src/lib/efreet_base.c
index 9d2af85ed1..ca0708fd57 100644
--- a/legacy/efreet/src/lib/efreet_base.c
+++ b/legacy/efreet/src/lib/efreet_base.c
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ efreet_data_dirs_get(void)
 {
     if (xdg_data_dirs) return xdg_data_dirs;
     xdg_data_dirs = efreet_dirs_get("XDG_DATA_DIRS",
-                            "/usr/local/share:/usr/share");
+                            DATADIR ":/usr/share");
     return xdg_data_dirs;
 }