diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 5b38f287..4152bc17 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -288,13 +288,14 @@ echo "Creating config.mak and config.h"
 echo "# Automatically generated by configure - do not modify" > config.mak
 echo "/* Automatically generated by configure - do not modify */" > $TMPH
 
-echo "prefix=$prefix" >> config.mak
-echo "bindir=$bindir" >> config.mak
-echo "tccdir=$tccdir" >> config.mak
-echo "libdir=$libdir" >> config.mak
-echo "includedir=$includedir" >> config.mak
-echo "mandir=$mandir" >> config.mak
-echo "docdir=$docdir" >> config.mak
+echo "prefix=\$(DESTDIR)$prefix" >> config.mak
+echo "bindir=\$(DESTDIR)$bindir" >> config.mak
+echo "tccdir=\$(DESTDIR)$tccdir" >> config.mak
+echo "libdir=\$(DESTDIR)$libdir" >> config.mak
+echo "includedir=\$(DESTDIR)$includedir" >> config.mak
+echo "mandir=\$(DESTDIR)$mandir" >> config.mak
+echo "docdir=\$(DESTDIR)$docdir" >> config.mak
+
 echo "#define CONFIG_SYSROOT \"$sysroot\"" >> $TMPH
 echo "#define CONFIG_TCCDIR \"$tccdir\"" >> $TMPH
 echo "CC=$cc" >> config.mak