diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 08b3d82c..d5364808 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 1999-01-27  Alexandre Oliva  <oliva@dcc.unicamp.br>
 
+	* configure.in (pkgdatadir): expand ${PACKAGE} at configure-time,
+	just like automake does
+
 	* configure.in (pkgdatadir): define pkgdatadir explicitly, and
  	comment that automake does not need it, but libtoolize does
+
 	* Makefile.am (aclocaldir): do not set it explicitly, automake
 	does already
 
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index e1e1a06d..ad29d8c0 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ changequote([,])
     ;;
 esac    
 
-pkgdatadir='${datadir}/${PACKAGE}'
+pkgdatadir='${datadir}'"/${PACKAGE}"
 AC_SUBST(pkgdatadir) dnl automake does not need this, but libtoolize does
 aclocaldir='${datadir}/aclocal'
 AC_SUBST(aclocaldir)