diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 39806dd..ff24ab4 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -37,9 +37,9 @@ cdata = configuration_data()
 cdata.set_quoted('PACKAGE', meson.project_name())
 cdata.set_quoted('PACKAGE_BUGREPORT', 'https://github.com/nirenjan/libx52/issues')
 cdata.set_quoted('PACKAGE_NAME', meson.project_name())
-cdata.set_quoted('LOCALEDIR', get_option('localedir'))
-cdata.set_quoted('SYSCONFDIR', get_option('sysconfdir'))
-cdata.set_quoted('LOCALSTATEDIR', get_option('localstatedir'))
+cdata.set_quoted('LOCALEDIR', get_option('prefix') / get_option('localedir'))
+cdata.set_quoted('SYSCONFDIR', get_option('prefix') / get_option('sysconfdir'))
+cdata.set_quoted('LOCALSTATEDIR', get_option('prefix') / get_option('localstatedir'))
 cdata.set_quoted('PACKAGE_VERSION', meson.project_version())
 cdata.set_quoted('VERSION', meson.project_version())
 cdata.set10('ENABLE_NLS', get_option('nls').enabled())