diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index cfb18f1525..562205be29 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -875,19 +875,19 @@ ifneq ($(DESCS),)
 	done
 endif
 	for s in $(ICON_SIZES); do \
-		mkdir -p "$(DESTDIR)/$(qemu_icondir)/hicolor/$${s}/apps"; \
+		mkdir -p "$(DESTDIR)$(qemu_icondir)/hicolor/$${s}/apps"; \
 		$(INSTALL_DATA) $(SRC_PATH)/ui/icons/qemu_$${s}.png \
-			"$(DESTDIR)/$(qemu_icondir)/hicolor/$${s}/apps/qemu.png"; \
+			"$(DESTDIR)$(qemu_icondir)/hicolor/$${s}/apps/qemu.png"; \
 	done; \
-	mkdir -p "$(DESTDIR)/$(qemu_icondir)/hicolor/32x32/apps"; \
+	mkdir -p "$(DESTDIR)$(qemu_icondir)/hicolor/32x32/apps"; \
 	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(SRC_PATH)/ui/icons/qemu_32x32.bmp \
-		"$(DESTDIR)/$(qemu_icondir)/hicolor/32x32/apps/qemu.bmp"; \
-	mkdir -p "$(DESTDIR)/$(qemu_icondir)/hicolor/scalable/apps"; \
+		"$(DESTDIR)$(qemu_icondir)/hicolor/32x32/apps/qemu.bmp"; \
+	mkdir -p "$(DESTDIR)$(qemu_icondir)/hicolor/scalable/apps"; \
 	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(SRC_PATH)/ui/icons/qemu.svg \
-		"$(DESTDIR)/$(qemu_icondir)/hicolor/scalable/apps/qemu.svg"
-	mkdir -p "$(DESTDIR)/$(qemu_desktopdir)"
+		"$(DESTDIR)$(qemu_icondir)/hicolor/scalable/apps/qemu.svg"
+	mkdir -p "$(DESTDIR)$(qemu_desktopdir)"
 	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(SRC_PATH)/ui/qemu.desktop \
-		"$(DESTDIR)/$(qemu_desktopdir)/qemu.desktop"
+		"$(DESTDIR)$(qemu_desktopdir)/qemu.desktop"
 ifdef CONFIG_GTK
 	$(MAKE) -C po $@
 endif