diff --git a/debian/patches/0002-Hand-over-SHAREDIR-via-CPPFLAGS.patch b/debian/patches/0002-Hand-over-SHAREDIR-via-CPPFLAGS.patch
index a876ba0..cf9b1c5 100644
--- a/debian/patches/0002-Hand-over-SHAREDIR-via-CPPFLAGS.patch
+++ b/debian/patches/0002-Hand-over-SHAREDIR-via-CPPFLAGS.patch
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  
  bin_PROGRAMS = unrtf
  
-+AM_CPPFLAGS = -DSHAREDIR=\"$(sharedir)\"
++AM_CPPFLAGS = -DPKGDATADIR=\"$(pkgdatadir)\"
 +
  unrtf_SOURCES = attr.c attr.h         \
  		convert.c convert.h   \
diff --git a/debian/patches/0003-Make-SHAREDIR-unrtf-default-path-for-output-format-c.patch b/debian/patches/0003-Make-SHAREDIR-unrtf-default-path-for-output-format-c.patch
index 57d58c6..f45c4cb 100644
--- a/debian/patches/0003-Make-SHAREDIR-unrtf-default-path-for-output-format-c.patch
+++ b/debian/patches/0003-Make-SHAREDIR-unrtf-default-path-for-output-format-c.patch
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  #endif
  
 -#define CONFIG_DIR "/usr/local/lib/unrtf/"
-+#define CONFIG_DIR SHAREDIR "/unrtf/"
++#define CONFIG_DIR PKGDATADIR "/"
  #define DEFAULT_OUTPUT "html"
  
  extern OutputPersonality *op;
diff --git a/debian/patches/0004-Place-output-config-files-in-sharedir-instead-of-lib.patch b/debian/patches/0004-Place-output-config-files-in-sharedir-instead-of-lib.patch
index b68deb9..5e63922 100644
--- a/debian/patches/0004-Place-output-config-files-in-sharedir-instead-of-lib.patch
+++ b/debian/patches/0004-Place-output-config-files-in-sharedir-instead-of-lib.patch
@@ -12,5 +12,5 @@
 +++ b/outputs/Makefile.am
 @@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 -outputsdir = ${libdir}/${PACKAGE}
-+outputsdir = ${sharedir}/${PACKAGE}
++outputsdir = ${pkgdatadir}/${PACKAGE}
  dist_outputs_DATA = html.conf latex.conf rtf.conf text.conf vt.conf