diff --git a/pkgutils/Makefile.h b/pkgutils/Makefile.h
index 31fc64e..1a5601d 100644
--- a/pkgutils/Makefile.h
+++ b/pkgutils/Makefile.h
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 VERSION=1.0
 LIBVERSION=1.0
 LIBARCHIVE_LDFLAGS=-larchive -lz
-BINDIR=$(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/usr/bin
-MANDIR=$(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/usr/man
-LIBDIR=$(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/usr/lib
-INCDIR=$(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/usr/include
-ETCDIR=$(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/etc
+PREFIX?=/usr/local
+BINDIR=$(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin
+MANDIR=$(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/man
+LIBDIR=$(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/lib
+INCDIR=$(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/include
+ETCDIR=$(DESTDIR)/etc
 RANLIB=ranlib
diff --git a/pkgutils/crux/Pkgfile b/pkgutils/crux/Pkgfile
index 1605854..c6809d1 100644
--- a/pkgutils/crux/Pkgfile
+++ b/pkgutils/crux/Pkgfile
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ build() {
 	make LIBARCHIVE_CFLAGS="-I$PKG/usr/include"   \
 	     LIBARCHIVE_LDFLAGS="-L$PKG/usr/lib/ -lz"
 	rm -rf $PKG/usr
-	make install DESTDIR=$PKG
+	make install DESTDIR=$PKG PREFIX=/usr
 
 	mv $PKG/usr/bin/pkgutils $PKG/usr/bin/pkgadd
 	ln -sf pkgadd $PKG/usr/bin/pkgrm