diff --git a/ice-9/Makefile.am b/ice-9/Makefile.am
index ff40e4a51..b7d0a45a9 100644
--- a/ice-9/Makefile.am
+++ b/ice-9/Makefile.am
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ ice9_sources =								   \
 	buffered-input.scm time.scm history.scm channel.scm		   \
         pretty-print.scm ftw.scm
 
-subpkgdatadir = $(pkgdatadir)/$(VERSION)/ice-9
+subpkgdatadir = $(pkgdatadir)/${GUILE_EFFECTIVE_VERSION}/ice-9
 subpkgdata_DATA = $(ice9_sources)
 ETAGS_ARGS = $(subpkgdata_DATA)
 
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.am b/scripts/Makefile.am
index 7c83b895b..0b43c6001 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.am
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.am
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ scripts_sources =		\
 	snarf-check-and-output-texi \
 	snarf-guile-m4-docs
 
-subpkgdatadir = $(pkgdatadir)/$(VERSION)/scripts
+subpkgdatadir = $(pkgdatadir)/$(GUILE_EFFECTIVE_VERSION)/scripts
 subpkgdata_SCRIPTS = $(scripts_sources)
 
 EXTRA_DIST = $(scripts_sources)