diff --git a/bindings/java/Makefile.am b/bindings/java/Makefile.am
index 7b41257abe7124909e1a4ce21c971b0ddeeb8ffe..7b7d58f978cfc80ff8625f4d99bea5f8d7e2cb6f 100644
--- a/bindings/java/Makefile.am
+++ b/bindings/java/Makefile.am
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ if X_LIBEWF
 endif
 
 tsk_jar = $(top_builddir)/bindings/java/dist/Tsk_DataModel.jar
-jardir = $(datadir)/java
+jardir = /usr/share/java
 jar_DATA = $(tsk_jar)