diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 5521af50717..3c19c9928c4 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2002-05-09  Federico G. Schwindt  <fgsch@olimpo.com.br>
+
+	* Makefile.in: Honour DESTDIR.
+
 2002-05-08  Mark Mitchell  <mark@codesourcery.com>
 
 	* config.guess: Import 2002-03-20 version.
diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index 70bf102fcdb..12a69d3d3e6 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -1826,8 +1826,8 @@ install-sid: install-tcl install-tk
 ### other supporting targets
 
 MAKEDIRS= \
-	$(prefix) \
-	$(exec_prefix)
+	$(DESTDIR)$(prefix) \
+	$(DESTDIR)$(exec_prefix)
 .PHONY: installdirs
 installdirs: mkinstalldirs
 	$(SHELL) $(srcdir)/mkinstalldirs $(MAKEDIRS)