diff --git a/policycoreutils/scripts/Makefile b/policycoreutils/scripts/Makefile
index 17ad6cae..fe6427cc 100644
--- a/policycoreutils/scripts/Makefile
+++ b/policycoreutils/scripts/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 # Installation directories.
 PREFIX ?= $(DESTDIR)/usr
 BINDIR ?= $(PREFIX)/bin
-SBINDIR ?= $(PREFIX)/sbin
+USRSBINDIR ?= $(PREFIX)/sbin
+SBINDIR ?= $(DESTDIR)/sbin
 MANDIR ?= $(PREFIX)/share/man
 LOCALEDIR ?= /usr/share/locale
 
@@ -10,8 +11,8 @@ all: fixfiles genhomedircon chcat
 install: all
 	-mkdir -p $(BINDIR)
 	install -m 755 chcat $(BINDIR)
-	install -m 755 fixfiles $(DESTDIR)/sbin
-	install -m 755 genhomedircon  $(SBINDIR)
+	install -m 755 fixfiles $(SBINDIR)
+	install -m 755 genhomedircon  $(USRSBINDIR)
 	-mkdir -p $(MANDIR)/man8
 	install -m 644 fixfiles.8 $(MANDIR)/man8/
 	install -m 644 genhomedircon.8 $(MANDIR)/man8/