diff --git a/guile-tools.in b/guile-tools.in
index a4db08f02..a0255b53f 100644
--- a/guile-tools.in
+++ b/guile-tools.in
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ EOF
 }
 
 prefix="@prefix@"
-pkgdatadir="@datadir@/@PACKAGE@"
+pkgdatadir="@datarootdir@/@PACKAGE@"
 guileversion="@GUILE_EFFECTIVE_VERSION@"
 default_scriptsdir=$pkgdatadir/$guileversion/scripts