diff --git a/ldirectord/Makefile.am b/ldirectord/Makefile.am
index 38c11e21a..71461f9a6 100644
--- a/ldirectord/Makefile.am
+++ b/ldirectord/Makefile.am
@@ -1,45 +1,45 @@
 #
 # ldirectord: Linux-HA heartbeat code
 #
 # Copyright (C) 2001 Michael Moerz
 #
 # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 # modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
 # as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
 # of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 # 
 # This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 # GNU General Public License for more details.
 # 
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 # along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 # Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.
 #
 MAINTAINERCLEANFILES    = Makefile.in
 CLEANFILES	       	= ldirectord.8
 
 EXTRA_DIST              = ldirectord ldirectord.cf
 
 SUBDIRS			= logrotate.d init.d OCF
 
 ldirectord.8: ldirectord
 	$(POD2MAN) --section=8 $< > $@
 
 sbin_SCRIPTS		= ldirectord
 
 if BUILD_POD_DOC
 man_MANS	        = ldirectord.8
 endif
 
 harddir			= $(sysconfdir)/ha.d/resource.d
 
 .PHONY: install-exec-hook
 install-exec-hook:
-	$(mkinstalldirs) $(DESTDIR)$(harddir)
+	$(INSTALL) -d $(DESTDIR)$(harddir)
 	cd $(DESTDIR)$(harddir) && ln -s -f $(sbindir)/ldirectord .
 
 .PHONY: uninstall-hook
 uninstall-hook:
 	rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(harddir)/ldirectord
diff --git a/ldirectord/init.d/Makefile.am b/ldirectord/init.d/Makefile.am
index 4effe96a2..e23265c2d 100644
--- a/ldirectord/init.d/Makefile.am
+++ b/ldirectord/init.d/Makefile.am
@@ -1,50 +1,50 @@
 #
 # ldirectord: Linux-HA heartbeat code
 #
 # Copyright (C) 2001 Michael Moerz
 #
 # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 # modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
 # as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
 # of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 # 
 # This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 # GNU General Public License for more details.
 # 
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 # along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 # Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.
 #
 MAINTAINERCLEANFILES    = Makefile.in
 
 initddir		= $(INITDIRPREFIX)
 
 initd_SCRIPTS	        = ldirectord
 
 install-initdSCRIPTS: $(initd_SCRIPTS)
 	@$(NORMAL_INSTALL)
-	$(mkinstalldirs) $(DESTDIR)$(initddir)
+	$(INSTALL) -d $(DESTDIR)$(initddir)
 	@list='$(initd_SCRIPTS)'; for p in $$list; do \
 	  f="`echo $$p|sed '$(transform)'`"; \
 	  if test -f $$p; then \
 	    echo " $(INSTALL_SCRIPT) $$p $(DESTDIR)$(initddir)/$$f@INIT_EXT@"; \
 	    $(INSTALL_SCRIPT) $$p $(DESTDIR)$(initddir)/$$f@INIT_EXT@; \
 	  elif test -f $(srcdir)/$$p; then \
 	    echo " $(INSTALL_SCRIPT) $(srcdir)/$$p $(DESTDIR)$(initddir)/$$f@INIT_EXT@"; \
 	    $(INSTALL_SCRIPT) $(srcdir)/$$p $(DESTDIR)$(initddir)/$$f@INIT_EXT@; \
 	  else :; fi; \
 	done
 
 uninstall-initdSCRIPTS:
 	@$(NORMAL_UNINSTALL)
 	@list='$(initd_SCRIPTS)'; for p in $$list; do \
 	  f="`echo $$p|sed '$(transform)'`"; \
 	  echo " rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(initddir)/$$f@INIT_EXT@"; \
 	  rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(initddir)/$$f@INIT_EXT@; \
 	done
 
 EXTRA_DIST              = $(initd_SCRIPTS) \
 			  ldirectord.debian ldirectord.debian.default.in