diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index aebcd1b..1eac1c5 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ SUBDIRS += \
 sharedir = $(pkgdatadir)
 policiesdir = $(sharedir)/policies
 plugindir = $(sharedir)/plugins
+datarootdir = @datarootdir@
 localedir = @datadir@/locale
 aclocaldir = @datadir@/aclocal
 
diff --git a/config/sgpemv2-uninstalled.pc.in b/config/sgpemv2-uninstalled.pc.in
index f7541a3..4b1b5fa 100644
--- a/config/sgpemv2-uninstalled.pc.in
+++ b/config/sgpemv2-uninstalled.pc.in
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ exec_prefix=${prefix}
 libdir=@abs_top_builddir@
 includedir=@abs_top_srcdir@/src
 
+datarootdir=@datarootdir@
 policies_dir=@datadir@/@PACKAGE@/policies
 plugins_dir=@datadir@/@PACKAGE@/plugins
 
diff --git a/config/sgpemv2.pc.in b/config/sgpemv2.pc.in
index d037dab..ebf8127 100644
--- a/config/sgpemv2.pc.in
+++ b/config/sgpemv2.pc.in
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ exec_prefix=${prefix}
 libdir=@libdir@/@PACKAGE@
 includedir=${prefix}/include
 
+datarootdir=@datarootdir@
 policies_dir=@datadir@/@PACKAGE@/policies
 plugins_dir=@datadir@/@PACKAGE@/plugins
 
diff --git a/plugins/pyloader/Makefile.am b/plugins/pyloader/Makefile.am
index c8a6c8e..eac5db3 100644
--- a/plugins/pyloader/Makefile.am
+++ b/plugins/pyloader/Makefile.am
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 SUBDIRS = po
 
 # directories definition
+datarootdir = @datarootdir@
 localedir = @datadir@/locale
 plugindir = $(SGPEMV2_PLUGINS_DIR)
 sharedir = $(plugindir)/extras/pyloader
diff --git a/plugins/xmlsave/Makefile.am b/plugins/xmlsave/Makefile.am
index f4bdde4..a5ac9b2 100644
--- a/plugins/xmlsave/Makefile.am
+++ b/plugins/xmlsave/Makefile.am
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 SUBDIRS = po
 
 # directories definition
+datarootdir = @datarootdir@
 localedir = @datadir@/locale
 plugindir = $(SGPEMV2_PLUGINS_DIR)
 sharedir = $(plugindir)/extras/xmlsave