diff --git a/doc/ChangeLog b/doc/ChangeLog
index a0eb82b9..9c05c552 100644
--- a/doc/ChangeLog
+++ b/doc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2001-06-15  Hrvoje Niksic  <hniksic@arsdigita.com>
+
+	* Makefile.in (install.wgetrc): Take $(DESTDIR) into account when
+	running mkinstalldirs.
+
 2001-06-05  Jan Prikryl  <prikryl@cg.tuwien.ac.at>
 
 	* Makefile.in (wget.info): Added -I$(srcdir) to support compilation
diff --git a/doc/Makefile.in b/doc/Makefile.in
index 35d7cde4..7ee5a9b7 100644
--- a/doc/Makefile.in
+++ b/doc/Makefile.in
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ install.man: $(MAN)
 
 # install sample.wgetrc
 install.wgetrc: $(srcdir)/sample.wgetrc
-	$(top_srcdir)/mkinstalldirs $(sysconfdir)
+	$(top_srcdir)/mkinstalldirs $(DESTDIR)$(sysconfdir)
 	@if test -f $(WGETRC); then \
 	  if cmp -s $(srcdir)/sample.wgetrc $(DESTDIR)$(WGETRC); then echo ""; \
 	     else \