AC_DEFUN([ABOOK_EXPAND_PREFIX], [
        $1=$2
+       dnl expanding twice, since from autoconf 2.60 on, $datadir refers to
+       dnl $datarootdir which in turn refers to $prefix
        $1=`(   test "x$prefix" = xNONE && prefix="$ac_default_prefix"
-               eval echo \""[$]$1"\"   )`
+               eval tmp_abook_prefix=\""[$]$1"\"
+               eval echo $tmp_abook_prefix
+               )`
 ])
 
-ABOOK_EXPAND_PREFIX(abook_localedir, "$datarootdir/locale")
-localedir="\$(datarootdir)/locale"
+ABOOK_EXPAND_PREFIX(abook_localedir, "$datadir/locale")
+localedir="\$(datadir)/locale"
 
 AC_ARG_WITH(localedir,
        [  --with-localedir=PATH      Where the locale files are installed ])