diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ecad4cef2c7955a23c7c17321caaad687a257167..7e891f0e20f0961f72e2f673a45cf905d2f78069 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -44,8 +44,7 @@ CPPFLAGS += -DLOCALEDIR=\"${LOCALEDIR}\"
 endif
 ifeq (,$(findstring -DDBUSINTERFACEDIR,${CPPFLAGS}))
 ifneq ($(WITH_LOCAL_DBUS_XML),0)
-CDIR     := $(dir $(abspath $(lastword $(MAKEFILE_LIST))))
-CPPFLAGS += -DDBUSINTERFACEDIR=\"$(CDIR)/data\"
+CPPFLAGS += -DDBUSINTERFACEDIR=\"$(abspath data)\"
 else
 CPPFLAGS += -DDBUSINTERFACEDIR=\"${DBUSINTERFACEDIR}\"
 endif