diff --git a/src/svg/north_arrows/Makefile.am b/src/svg/north_arrows/Makefile.am
index 7c7619ae7ff..b60b68b76cf 100644
--- a/src/svg/north_arrows/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/svg/north_arrows/Makefile.am
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #
 # $Id$
 
-svgdir = ${pkgdatadir}/svg/icon
+svgdir = ${pkgdatadir}/svg/north_arrows
 
 svg_DATA = *.svg