diff --git a/contrib/initramfs/Makefile.am b/contrib/initramfs/Makefile.am
index 9f912d9466..fefd676ce0 100644
--- a/contrib/initramfs/Makefile.am
+++ b/contrib/initramfs/Makefile.am
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-initrddir = $(datarootdir)/initramfs-tools
+initrddir = /usr/share/initramfs-tools
 
 initrd_SCRIPTS = \
 	conf.d/zfs conf-hooks.d/zfs hooks/zfs scripts/zfs scripts/local-top/zfs
diff --git a/contrib/initramfs/hooks/Makefile.am b/contrib/initramfs/hooks/Makefile.am
index c866b4fb6c..1735872c29 100644
--- a/contrib/initramfs/hooks/Makefile.am
+++ b/contrib/initramfs/hooks/Makefile.am
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-hooksdir = $(datarootdir)/initramfs-tools/hooks
+hooksdir = /usr/share/initramfs-tools/hooks
 
 hooks_SCRIPTS = \
 	zfs
diff --git a/contrib/initramfs/scripts/Makefile.am b/contrib/initramfs/scripts/Makefile.am
index a550311cd7..12c2641b80 100644
--- a/contrib/initramfs/scripts/Makefile.am
+++ b/contrib/initramfs/scripts/Makefile.am
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-scriptsdir = $(datarootdir)/initramfs-tools/scripts
+scriptsdir = /usr/share/initramfs-tools/scripts
 
 scripts_DATA = \
 	zfs
diff --git a/contrib/initramfs/scripts/local-top/Makefile.am b/contrib/initramfs/scripts/local-top/Makefile.am
index 88aa2d4ffa..c820325947 100644
--- a/contrib/initramfs/scripts/local-top/Makefile.am
+++ b/contrib/initramfs/scripts/local-top/Makefile.am
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-localtopdir = $(datarootdir)/initramfs-tools/scripts/local-top
+localtopdir = /usr/share/initramfs-tools/scripts/local-top
 
 EXTRA_DIST = zfs
diff --git a/rpm/generic/zfs.spec.in b/rpm/generic/zfs.spec.in
index 4fdf7bb69e..a74d066bba 100644
--- a/rpm/generic/zfs.spec.in
+++ b/rpm/generic/zfs.spec.in
@@ -458,8 +458,8 @@ systemctl --system daemon-reload >/dev/null || true
 %{_libdir}/libzfs*.so.*
 
 %files -n libzfs2-devel
-%{_datadir}/pkgconfig/libzfs.pc
-%{_datadir}/pkgconfig/libzfs_core.pc
+%{_datarootdir}/pkgconfig/libzfs.pc
+%{_datarootdir}/pkgconfig/libzfs_core.pc
 %{_libdir}/*.so
 %{_includedir}/*
 %doc AUTHORS COPYRIGHT LICENSE NOTICE README.md