diff --git a/ice-9/debugger/breakpoints/Makefile.am b/ice-9/debugger/breakpoints/Makefile.am
index 1d458512f..76be30790 100644
--- a/ice-9/debugger/breakpoints/Makefile.am
+++ b/ice-9/debugger/breakpoints/Makefile.am
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
 AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = gnu
 
-subpkgdatadir = $(pkgdatadir)/$(VERSION)/ice-9/debugger/breakpoints
+subpkgdatadir = $(pkgdatadir)/$(GUILE_EFFECTIVE_VERSION)/ice-9/debugger/breakpoints
 subpkgdata_DATA = procedural.scm range.scm source.scm
 
 ETAGS_ARGS = $(subpkgdata_DATA)