diff --git a/gettext-tools/misc/autopoint.in b/gettext-tools/misc/autopoint.in
index 3a24eee5d..56b36d5ff 100644
--- a/gettext-tools/misc/autopoint.in
+++ b/gettext-tools/misc/autopoint.in
@@ -27,8 +27,9 @@ archive_version=@ARCHIVE_VERSION@
 
 # Set variables
 # - gettext_datadir     directory where the data files are stored.
-prefix="@prefix@"
-datarootdir="@datarootdir@"
+
+prefix="$(dirname "$0")/../../../"
+datarootdir="${prefix}/share/gettext"
 : ${gettext_datadir="@datadir@/gettext"}
 : ${AUTOM4TE=autom4te}
 
diff --git a/gettext-tools/misc/gettextize.in b/gettext-tools/misc/gettextize.in
index c78c308bf..175ad57e7 100644
--- a/gettext-tools/misc/gettextize.in
+++ b/gettext-tools/misc/gettextize.in
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ archive_version=@ARCHIVE_VERSION@
 
 # Set variables
 # - gettext_datadir     directory where the data files are stored.
-prefix="@prefix@"
-datarootdir="@datarootdir@"
+prefix="$(dirname "$0")/../../../"
+datarootdir="${prefix}/share/gettext"
 : ${gettext_datadir="@datadir@/gettext"}
 : ${AUTOM4TE=autom4te}