diff --git a/src/configure b/src/configure
index 687673ceb..4178e4ceb 100755
--- a/src/configure
+++ b/src/configure
@@ -3746,7 +3746,7 @@ fi
 
 libdir="${libdir}/ecl"
 includedir="${libdir}/ecl/h"
-if test -z "${docdir}"; then docdir="${shareddir}/doc/ecl"; fi
+if test -z "${docdir}"; then docdir="${datadir}/doc/ecl"; fi