diff --git a/Makefile.PL b/Makefile.PL
index f862eaa..22a3500 100755
--- a/Makefile.PL
+++ b/Makefile.PL
@@ -22,11 +22,11 @@ extra_build:
 	perl -i -pe "s/\@version\@/$(VER)/g" <alien.spec.in >alien.spec
 
 extra_install:
-	install -d $(PREFIX)/usr/share/alien/patches \
-		   $(PREFIX)/var/lib/alien
-	cp -f patches/*.diff $(PREFIX)/usr/share/alien/patches/
-	-rm -f $(PREFIX)/usr/share/alien/patches/*.gz
-	gzip -qf9 $(PREFIX)/usr/share/alien/patches/*
+	install -d $(PREFIX)/share/alien/patches \
+		   $(VARPREFIX)/var/lib/alien
+	cp -f patches/*.diff $(PREFIX)/share/alien/patches/
+	-rm -f $(PREFIX)/share/alien/patches/*.gz
+	gzip -qf9 $(PREFIX)/share/alien/patches/*
 
 alien:
 	perl -pe ' \
diff --git a/alien.spec.in b/alien.spec.in
index 244cc85..ae294ff 100644
--- a/alien.spec.in
+++ b/alien.spec.in
@@ -24,11 +24,12 @@ rm -r /tmp/alien-@version@.build || true
 %install
 perl Makefile.PL
 make
-make pure_install PREFIX=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT INSTALLDIRS=perl \
-	INSTALLMAN1DIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/share/man/man1 \
-	INSTALLMAN3DIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/share/man/man3 \
-	INSTALLSCRIPT=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/bin \
-	INSTALLARCHLIB=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT/killme
+make pure_install INSTALLDIRS=perl \
+	PREFIX=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT/`perl -e 'use Config;print $Config{prefix}'` \
+	INSTALLMAN1DIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/man/man1 \
+	INSTALLMAN3DIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/man/man3 \
+	INSTALLARCHLIB=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT/killme \
+	VARPREFIX=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/killme
 find $RPM_BUILD_ROOT -not -type d -printf "/%%P\n" > manifest
 
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index ad0cfa8..0e333fb 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+alien (6.99999) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * I despise MakeMaker.
+
+ -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>  Sun, 23 Apr 2000 21:44:05 -0700
+
 alien (6.9999) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * Major typo fix in Tgz.pm.
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index e9827f5..4acbef9 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -24,12 +24,12 @@ binary-indep: build
 	dh_testdir
 	dh_testroot
 	dh_clean -k
-	$(MAKE) pure_install PREFIX=$(shell pwd)/debian/tmp/ INSTALLDIRS=perl \
+	$(MAKE) pure_install INSTALLDIRS=perl \
+		PREFIX=$(shell pwd)/debian/tmp/$(shell perl -MConfig -e 'print $$Config{prefix}') \
 		INSTALLMAN1DIR=$(shell pwd)/debian/tmp/usr/share/man/man1 \
 		INSTALLMAN3DIR=$(shell pwd)/debian/tmp/usr/share/man/man3 \
-		INSTALLPRIVLIB=$(shell pwd)/debian/tmp/usr/lib/perl5 \
-		INSTALLSCRIPT=$(shell pwd)/debian/tmp/usr/bin \
-		INSTALLARCHLIB=$(shell pwd)/debian/tmp/killme
+		INSTALLARCHLIB=$(shell pwd)/debian/tmp/killme \
+		VARPREFIX=$(shell pwd)/debian/tmp
 	# Who does it make this empty directory? Sigh.
 	rm -rf debian/tmp/killme
 	dh_installdocs README gendiff.txt