2 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/THANKS.md b/THANKS.md
index e08a62b0..357f9de7 100644
--- a/THANKS.md
+++ b/THANKS.md
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ Textadept the amazing editor that it is today.
 * Neil Hodgson
 * Nils Nordman
 * Patrick McMorris
+* Pedro Andres Aranda Gutierrez
 * Robert Gieseke
 * Russell Dickinson
 * Ryan Pusztai
diff --git a/src/Makefile b/src/Makefile
index 1f995490..a696bc83 100644
--- a/src/Makefile
+++ b/src/Makefile
@@ -67,10 +67,10 @@ ifneq (, $(or $(findstring Linux, $(kernel)), $(findstring BSD, $(kernel))))
       endif
       MAKE = gmake
     endif
-    DESTDIR = /usr/local
+    PREFIX ?= /usr/local
 
-    bin_dir = $(DESTDIR)/bin
-    data_dir = $(DESTDIR)/share/textadept
+    bin_dir = $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin
+    data_dir = $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/share/textadept
 
     ifneq (ncurses, $(MAKECMDGOALS))
       plat_flag = -DGTK
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ install: ../textadept ../textadeptjit ../textadept-ncurses \
 	install -d $(bin_dir) $(data_dir)
 	install $^ $(data_dir)
 	cp -r $| $(data_dir)
-	ln -s $(subst .., $(data_dir), $^) $(bin_dir)
+	ln -s $(subst .., $(subst $(DESTDIR),, $(data_dir)), $^) $(bin_dir)
 uninstall:
 	rm $(bin_dir)/textadept*
 	rm -r $(data_dir)