diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 20f1b9c..465db0a 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 	dh $@ --parallel --with autoreconf
 
 override_dh_auto_configure:
-	dh_auto_configure --  --prefix=/usr --bindir=/usr/games --mandir=/usr/share/man
+	dh_auto_configure --  --prefix=/usr --bindir=/usr/games --mandir=/usr/share/man --datadir=/usr/share
 
 override_dh_auto_clean:
 	rm -rf config.log config.status ltconfig