diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index fb5c8c82..1eb1d45a 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2003-04-05  Havoc Pennington  <hp@pobox.com>
+
+	* bus/Makefile.am (install-data-hook): add missing DESTDIR, 
+	patch from Colin Walters
+
 2003-04-05  Havoc Pennington  <hp@pobox.com>
 
 	* doc/config-file.txt (Elements): fix docs of <auth> to reflect 
diff --git a/bus/Makefile.am b/bus/Makefile.am
index 903195dd..adbebaeb 100644
--- a/bus/Makefile.am
+++ b/bus/Makefile.am
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ clean-local:
 	/bin/rm *.bb *.bbg *.da *.gcov || true
 
 install-data-hook:
-	$(mkinstalldirs) $(localstatedir)/run/dbus
+	$(mkinstalldirs) $(DESTDIR)/$(localstatedir)/run/dbus
 
 #### Init scripts fun
 SCRIPT_IN_FILES=messagebus.in