diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 23a6452..b7ea0ba 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -3031,3 +3031,8 @@ Tue Jan 11 23:47:36 PST 2000	Michael Jennings <mej@eterm.org>
 	looks sweet. :-)
 	
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+Wed Jan 12 00:14:11 PST 2000	Michael Jennings <mej@eterm.org>
+
+	This should fix the NONE problem.
+	
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index f877580..f1a0163 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -455,9 +455,6 @@ AC_SUBST(MFONT2)
 AC_SUBST(MFONT3)
 AC_SUBST(MFONT4)
 
-PKGDATADIR=`eval echo "${datadir}/$PACKAGE"`
-AC_SUBST(PKGDATADIR)
-
 AC_MSG_CHECKING(for XIM support)
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(xim,
 [  --enable-xim            compile with XIM support],
@@ -594,6 +591,12 @@ fi
 
 AC_PREFIX(Eterm)
 AC_PREFIX(gcc)
+if test "$prefix" = "NONE"; then
+  prefix=$ac_default_prefix
+fi
+
+PKGDATADIR=`eval echo "${datadir}/$PACKAGE"`
+AC_SUBST(PKGDATADIR)
 
 dnl Stack Tracing toys
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(stack-trace, [  --disable-stack-trace   disable stack trace on abnormal termination],