diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 13fc13f3..04d08fd4 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -3726,6 +3726,37 @@ ac_abs_srcdir=$ac_abs_top_srcdir$ac_dir_suffix
 
 _ACEOF
 
+cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<\_ACEOF
+# If the template does not know about datarootdir, expand it.
+# FIXME: This hack should be removed a few years after 2.60.
+ac_datarootdir_hack=
+
+case `sed -n '/datarootdir/ {
+  p
+  q
+}
+/@datadir@/p
+/@docdir@/p
+/@infodir@/p
+/@localedir@/p
+/@mandir@/p
+' $ac_file_inputs` in
+*datarootdir*) ;;
+*@datadir@*|*@docdir@*|*@infodir@*|*@localedir@*|*@mandir@*)
+  { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: WARNING: $ac_file_inputs seems to ignore the --datarootdir setting" >&5
+echo "$as_me: WARNING: $ac_file_inputs seems to ignore the --datarootdir setting" >&2;}
+_ACEOF
+cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<_ACEOF
+  ac_datarootdir_hack='
+  s&@datadir@&$datadir&g
+  s&@docdir@&$docdir&g
+  s&@infodir@&$infodir&g
+  s&@localedir@&$localedir&g
+  s&@mandir@&$mandir&g
+    s&\\\${datarootdir}&$datarootdir&g' ;;
+esac
+_ACEOF
+
 # Neutralize VPATH when `$srcdir' = `.'.
 # Shell code in configure.ac might set extrasub.
 # FIXME: do we really want to maintain this feature?
@@ -3746,6 +3777,7 @@ s&@builddir@&$ac_builddir&;t t
 s&@abs_builddir@&$ac_abs_builddir&;t t
 s&@abs_top_builddir@&$ac_abs_top_builddir&;t t
 s&@INSTALL@&$ac_INSTALL&;t t
+$ac_datarootdir_hack
 " $ac_file_inputs | sed -f "$tmp/subs-1.sed" >$tmp/out
 
   rm -f "$tmp/stdin"