diff --git a/modules/modperl/Makefile.inc b/modules/modperl/Makefile.inc
index 2edac80a..d5f27b82 100644
--- a/modules/modperl/Makefile.inc
+++ b/modules/modperl/Makefile.inc
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ modperl/functions.cpp: modperl/functions.in
 	@mkdir -p modperl
 	$(Q)$(PERL) $(srcdir)/modperl/codegen.pl $< $@
 
-modperl_install: create_install_dir modperl.so
+modperl_install: install_datadir modperl.so
 	for i in $(wildcard $(srcdir)/*.pm); do \
 		$(INSTALL_DATA) $$i $(DESTDIR)$(MODDIR); \
 	done
diff --git a/modules/modpython/Makefile.inc b/modules/modpython/Makefile.inc
index c82d6dbc..4826cb81 100644
--- a/modules/modpython/Makefile.inc
+++ b/modules/modpython/Makefile.inc
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ modpython/compiler: modpython/compiler.cpp Makefile
 	$(E) Building optimizer for python files...
 	$(Q)$(CXX) $(PYTHONCOMMON) -o $@ $< $(PY_LDFLAGS)
 
-modpython_install: create_install_dir modpython_all
+modpython_install: install_datadir modpython_all
 	-for i in *.pyc; do \
 		$(INSTALL_DATA) $$i $(DESTDIR)$(MODDIR); \
 	done