diff --git a/sflphone-client-gnome/sflphone.desktop.in b/sflphone-client-gnome/sflphone.desktop.in
index 2fde3130f..f621e8a16 100644
--- a/sflphone-client-gnome/sflphone.desktop.in
+++ b/sflphone-client-gnome/sflphone.desktop.in
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 [Desktop Entry]
-Encoding=UTF-8
 Name=SFLphone GNOME VoIP client
 GenericName=Telephone
 Comment=Call and receive calls with SIP or IAX protocols
diff --git a/sflphone-client-gnome/src/Makefile.am b/sflphone-client-gnome/src/Makefile.am
index fede093ca..a483cc3fc 100644
--- a/sflphone-client-gnome/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/sflphone-client-gnome/src/Makefile.am
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ sflphone_client_gnome_LDADD = $(DEPS_LIBS) $(NOTIFY_LIBS) $(SFLPHONEGTK_LIBS) $(
 # add symbolic link	     
 install-exec-local:
 	echo $(prefix); echo $(bindir); echo $(datadir); echo $(libdir)
-	cd $(bindir); ln -sf sflphone-client-gnome sflphone 
+	cd $(DESTDIR)$(bindir); ln -sf sflphone-client-gnome sflphone 
 
 uninstall-local:
-	-test -h $(bindir)/sflphone && rm $(bindir)/sflphone
+	-test -h $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/sflphone && rm $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/sflphone
diff --git a/sflphone-common/globals.mak b/sflphone-common/globals.mak
index 820ab1f9e..37607028c 100644
--- a/sflphone-common/globals.mak
+++ b/sflphone-common/globals.mak
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Global variables
 src=$(top_srcdir)
-sflcodecdir=$(libdir)/sflphone/codecs
-sflplugindir=$(libdir)/sflphone/plugins
+sflcodecdir=$(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/sflphone/codecs
+sflplugindir=$(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/sflphone/plugins
 
 # for pjsip
 PJSIP_LIBS= \