diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 7379002..d94a391 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-BIN = $(DESTDIR)/usr/bin
+BINDIR ?= $(PREFIX)/bin
+BIN = $(DESTDIR)/$(BINDIR)
 # With pthreads
 override CXXFLAGS+= -DMAXHITS=1000 -DTHREAD -funroll-loops -Lsamtools -Isamtools -Lgzstream -Igzstream -O3 -m64 -march=native -g
 # Without pthreads