diff --git a/src/Makefile_Elementary.am b/src/Makefile_Elementary.am
index 83cb2ae320..b18b227142 100644
--- a/src/Makefile_Elementary.am
+++ b/src/Makefile_Elementary.am
@@ -787,7 +787,7 @@ bin_elementary_elementary_test_CPPFLAGS = \
 -I$(top_srcdir)/src/bin/elementary \
 -DPACKAGE_BIN_DIR=\"$(bindir)\" \
 -DPACKAGE_LIB_DIR=\"$(libdir)\" \
--DPACKAGE_DATA_DIR=\"$(pkgdatadir)\" \
+-DPACKAGE_DATA_DIR=\"$(datadir)/elementary\" \
 @ELEMENTARY_CFLAGS@
 
 
diff --git a/src/bin/elementary/Makefile.am b/src/bin/elementary/Makefile.am
index 46db673e5d..0b2b4e3c6d 100644
--- a/src/bin/elementary/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/bin/elementary/Makefile.am
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ AM_CPPFLAGS = \
 -I$(top_srcdir)/src/bin \
 -DPACKAGE_BIN_DIR=\"$(bindir)\" \
 -DPACKAGE_LIB_DIR=\"$(libdir)\" \
--DPACKAGE_DATA_DIR=\"$(pkgdatadir)\" \
+-DPACKAGE_DATA_DIR=\"$(datadir)/elementary\" \
 @ELEMENTARY_CFLAGS@
 
 bin_PROGRAMS = \