diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index bd36240..26e8d64 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -103,6 +103,22 @@ quiet-install = $(call quiet-command,install -m ${1} ${2} ${3},"INSTALL ${3} [mo
 quiet-installdir = $(call quiet-command,install -m ${1} -d ${2},"  MKDIR ${2} [mode=${1}]")
 quiet-installforuser = $(call quiet-command,install -m ${1} -o ${2} -g ${3} ${4} ${5},"INSTALL ${5} (user=${2} group=${3}) [mode=${1}]")
 
+########################################################################
+
+sed-rules = -e 's,@PREFIX@,${PREFIX},g' \
+            -e 's,@EPREFIX@,${EPREFIX},g' \
+            -e 's,@BINDIR@,${BINDIR},g' \
+            -e 's,@SBINDIR@,${SBINDIR},g' \
+            -e 's,@LIBDIR@,${LIBDIR},g' \
+            -e 's,@SYSCONFDIR@,${SYSCONFDIR},g' \
+            -e 's,@DEFCONFDIR@,${DEFCONFDIR},g' \
+            -e 's,@LIBEXECDIR@,${LIBEXECDIR},g' \
+            -e 's,@BEE_VERSION@,${BEE_VERSION},g' \
+            -e 's,@DATADIR@,${DATADIR},g' \
+            -e 's,@MXQ_VERSION@,${MXQ_VERSION},g' \
+            -e 's,@MXQ_MYSQL_DEFAULT_FILE@,${MXQ_MYSQL_DEFAULT_FILE},g' \
+
+
 ########################################################################
 
 %.o: %.c Makefile
@@ -113,6 +129,9 @@ quiet-installforuser = $(call quiet-command,install -m ${1} -o ${2} -g ${3} ${4}
 %: %.o
 	$(call quiet-command,${CC} -o $@ $^ $(LDFLAGS) $(LDLIBS), "   LINK $@")
 
+%: %.in Makefile
+	$(call quiet-command,sed ${sed-rules} $< >$@, "    GEN $@")
+
 ########################################################################
 
 .SECONDARY:
@@ -123,7 +142,7 @@ manpages/%: manpages/%.xml
 	$(call quiet-command,xmlto --stringparam man.output.quietly=1 man $^ -o manpages, "  XMLTO $@")
 
 %: manpages/% Makefile
-	$(call quiet-command,sed -e "s/@MXQ_VERSION@/${MXQ_VERSION}/" $< >$@, "    GEN $@")
+	$(call quiet-command,sed ${sed-rules} $< >$@, "    GEN $@")
 
 ########################################################################