--- xmedcon-0.25.1/etc/Makefile.am
+++ xmedcon-0.25.1/etc/Makefile.am
@@ -25,10 +25,10 @@
 
 GTK_DIST = README $(CSS_FILES) $(ICONS)
 
-sysconfdir = $(prefix)/etc
+sysconfdir = @sysconfdir@
 sysconf_DATA = xmedcon.css
 
-appdatadir = $(datadir)/appdata
+appdatadir = @appdatadir@
 dist_appdata_DATA = xmedcon.appdata.xml
 
 EXTRA_DIST = \