diff --git a/src/configure b/src/configure
index d9d10b5b1..687673ceb 100755
--- a/src/configure
+++ b/src/configure
@@ -3746,7 +3746,7 @@ fi
 
 libdir="${libdir}/ecl"
 includedir="${libdir}/ecl/h"
-if  -z "${docdir}" ; then docdir="${shareddir}/doc/ecl"; fi
+if test -z "${docdir}"; then docdir="${shareddir}/doc/ecl"; fi
 
 
 
diff --git a/src/configure.in b/src/configure.in
index 9d744b82e..1f5de7687 100644
--- a/src/configure.in
+++ b/src/configure.in
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ dnl		Installation directories
 dnl
 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
 
 dnl ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 dnl		Checks which do not come with autoconf