diff -Nru jamvm-2.0.0.old/configure.ac jamvm-2.0.0/configure.ac
--- jamvm-2.0.0.old/configure.ac	2014-06-10 21:33:37.000000000 +0100
+++ jamvm-2.0.0/configure.ac	2014-11-28 19:22:12.183091414 +0000
@@ -236,6 +236,7 @@
     install_dir=$prefix
 fi
 AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(INSTALL_DIR, "$install_dir", [Installation directory (prefix)])
+AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(PKGDATADIR, "$datadir/$PACKAGE", [Package data directory (pkgdatadir)])
 
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(zip,
     [AS_HELP_STRING(--disable-zip,turn-off zip support in the bootstrap loader)],,)
diff -Nru jamvm-2.0.0.old/src/classlib/gnuclasspath/class.c jamvm-2.0.0/src/classlib/gnuclasspath/class.c
--- jamvm-2.0.0.old/src/classlib/gnuclasspath/class.c	2012-05-17 22:01:47.000000000 +0100
+++ jamvm-2.0.0/src/classlib/gnuclasspath/class.c	2014-11-28 19:23:27.312108240 +0000
@@ -110,10 +110,10 @@
    separate class files in a directory structure */
 
 #ifdef USE_ZIP
-#define JAMVM_CLASSES INSTALL_DIR"/share/jamvm/classes.zip"
+#define JAMVM_CLASSES PKGDATADIR"/classes.zip"
 #define CLASSPATH_CLASSES CLASSPATH_INSTALL_DIR"/share/classpath/glibj.zip"
 #else
-#define JAMVM_CLASSES INSTALL_DIR"/share/jamvm/classes"
+#define JAMVM_CLASSES PKGDATADIR"/classes"
 #define CLASSPATH_CLASSES CLASSPATH_INSTALL_DIR"/share/classpath"
 #endif