diff --git a/data/Makefile.am b/data/Makefile.am
index 9a4424529..139d7d005 100644
--- a/data/Makefile.am
+++ b/data/Makefile.am
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ schemadir  = @GCONF_SCHEMA_FILE_DIR@
 schema_DATA = gnome-shell.schemas
 
 install-data-local:
-	GCONF_CONFIG_SOURCE=$(GCONF_SCHEMA_CONFIG_SOURCE) $(GCONFTOOL) --makefile-install-rule $(top_builddir)/data/$(schema_DATA)
+	GCONF_CONFIG_SOURCE=$(GCONF_SCHEMA_CONFIG_SOURCE) $(GCONFTOOL) --makefile-install-rule $(srcdir)/$(schema_DATA)
 
 EXTRA_DIST =			\
 	$(schema_DATA)