diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 0eb3cdf..899748c 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -36,14 +36,14 @@ README.html: README.md
 
 install_bees: ## Install bees + libs
 install_bees: lib src test
-	install -Dm644 lib/libcrucible.so $(PREFIX)/usr/lib/libcrucible.so
-	install -Dm755 bin/bees	$(LIBEXEC_PREFIX)/bees
+	install -Dm644 lib/libcrucible.so $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/usr/lib/libcrucible.so
+	install -Dm755 bin/bees	$(DESTDIR)$(LIBEXEC_PREFIX)/bees
 
 install_scripts: ## Install scipts
 install_scripts: scripts
-	install -Dm755 scripts/beesd $(PREFIX)/usr/sbin/beesd
-	install -Dm644 scripts/beesd.conf.sample $(PREFIX)/etc/bees/beesd.conf.sample
-	install -Dm644 scripts/beesd@.service $(PREFIX)/lib/systemd/system/beesd@.service
+	install -Dm755 scripts/beesd $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/usr/sbin/beesd
+	install -Dm644 scripts/beesd.conf.sample $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/etc/bees/beesd.conf.sample
+	install -Dm644 scripts/beesd@.service $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/lib/systemd/system/beesd@.service
 
 install: ## Install distribution
 install: install_bees install_scripts