diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 747f438ea9..2c91b581d4 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -1,118 +1,125 @@
 #
 # Copyright 2003-2019 the Pacemaker project contributors
 #
 # The version control history for this file may have further details.
 #
 # This source code is licensed under the GNU General Public License version 2
 # or later (GPLv2+) WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY.
 #
 
 EXTRA_DIST		= CONTRIBUTING.md	\
 			  GNUmakefile		\
 			  INSTALL.md		\
 			  README.markdown	\
 			  autogen.sh		\
 			  m4/gnulib-cache.m4	\
 			  m4/gnulib-tool.m4	\
 			  rpm/rpmlintrc		\
 			  rpm/pacemaker.spec.in
 
 DISTCLEANFILES		= config.status
 
 MAINTAINERCLEANFILES	= Makefile.in		\
 			  aclocal.m4		\
 			  config.guess		\
 			  config.sub		\
 			  configure		\
 			  depcomp		\
 			  install-sh		\
 			  ltmain.sh		\
 			  missing		\
 			  py-compile		\
 			  test-driver
 
 # Disable building Publican documentation when doing "make distcheck", because
 # some of our book sources are in the source directory, while others are
 # dynamically generated in the build directory, and publican can't handle that.
 #
 # In a non-VPATH build, doc isn't entered with a plain "make" because the
 # GNUmakefile sets "core" as the default target. However in a VPATH build,
 # there is no GNUmakefile, so "all" becomes the default target.
 #
+# Also, don't try to install files outside the build directory.
+#
 # @TODO To support VPATH builds for Publican, we could use the same "copy all
 # static inputs into the build tree" trick that xml/Makefile.am uses for
 # static schema files.
-AM_DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS	= --with-brand=""
+AM_DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS	= --with-brand=""					\
+				  --prefix="$$dc_install_base/usr"			\
+				  --sysconfdir="$$dc_install_base/etc"			\
+				  --with-initdir="$$dc_install_base/etc/init.d"		\
+				  --with-ocfdir="$$dc_install_base/usr/lib/ocf"		\
+				  --with-systemdsystemunitdir="$$dc_install_base$(systemdsystemunitdir)"
 
 # Only these will get installed with a plain "make install"
 CORE_INSTALL	= replace include lib daemons tools xml
 
 # Only these will get built with a plain "make" or "make clean"
 CORE		= $(CORE_INSTALL) cts
 
 SUBDIRS	= $(CORE) doc extra maint
 
 AM_CPPFLAGS		= -I$(top_srcdir)/include
 
 doc_DATA = README.markdown COPYING
 
 licensedir              = $(docdir)/licenses/
 dist_license_DATA	= $(wildcard licenses/*)
 
 # Scratch file for ad-hoc testing
 noinst_PROGRAMS = scratch
 nodist_scratch_SOURCES	= scratch.c
 scratch_LDADD	= $(top_builddir)/lib/common/libcrmcommon.la -lm
 
 scratch.c:
 	echo 'int main(void){}' >$@
 
 core:
 	@echo "Building only core components and tests: $(CORE)"
 	@for subdir in $(CORE); do \
 		echo "Building $$subdir"; \
 		$(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) -C $$subdir all || exit 1; \
 	done
 
 core-install:
 	@echo "Installing only core components: $(CORE_INSTALL)"
 	@for subdir in $(CORE_INSTALL); do \
 	    echo "Installing $$subdir"; \
 	    $(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) -C $$subdir install || exit 1; \
 	done
 
 core-clean:
 	@echo "Cleaning only core components and tests: $(CORE)"
 	@for subdir in $(CORE); do \
 		echo "Cleaning $$subdir"; \
 		$(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) -C $$subdir clean || exit 1; \
 	done
 
 install-exec-local:
 	$(INSTALL) -d -m 750 $(DESTDIR)/$(PACEMAKER_CONFIG_DIR)
 	$(INSTALL) -d -m 750 $(DESTDIR)/$(CRM_CONFIG_DIR)
 	$(INSTALL) -d -m 750 $(DESTDIR)/$(CRM_CORE_DIR)
 	$(INSTALL) -d -m 750 $(DESTDIR)/$(CRM_BLACKBOX_DIR)
 	$(INSTALL) -d -m 770 $(DESTDIR)/$(CRM_LOG_DIR)
 	$(INSTALL) -d -m 770 $(DESTDIR)/$(CRM_BUNDLE_DIR)
 	-chgrp $(CRM_DAEMON_GROUP) $(DESTDIR)/$(PACEMAKER_CONFIG_DIR)
 	-chown $(CRM_DAEMON_USER):$(CRM_DAEMON_GROUP) $(DESTDIR)/$(CRM_CONFIG_DIR)
 	-chown $(CRM_DAEMON_USER):$(CRM_DAEMON_GROUP) $(DESTDIR)/$(CRM_CORE_DIR)
 	-chown $(CRM_DAEMON_USER):$(CRM_DAEMON_GROUP) $(DESTDIR)/$(CRM_BLACKBOX_DIR)
 	-chown $(CRM_DAEMON_USER):$(CRM_DAEMON_GROUP) $(DESTDIR)/$(CRM_LOG_DIR)
 	-chown $(CRM_DAEMON_USER):$(CRM_DAEMON_GROUP) $(DESTDIR)/$(CRM_BUNDLE_DIR)
 # Use chown because the user/group may not exist
 
 clean-generic:
 	-rm -f *.tar.bz2 *.sed
 
 # In a normal build, this file is included by GNUmakefile, which serves as the
 # "real" makefile. But in a VPATH build, GNUmakefile won't exist in the build
 # tree, and this file will be the "real" makefile. EXTRA_CLEAN_TARGETS handles
 # both cases: GNUmakefile defines it before including this file, so the
 # clean-local target can clean up files created by GNUmakefile targets.
 # If this file is used alone, the variable will be undefined.
 clean-local: $(EXTRA_CLEAN_TARGETS)
 
 distclean-local:
 	-rm -rf libltdl autom4te.cache