Install headers in $PREFIX/include instead of $PREFIX/lib/libffi-$VERSION/include diff -u -r ../libffi-3.1/include/Makefile.in ./include/Makefile.in --- ../libffi-3.1/include/Makefile.in 2014-05-19 15:44:04.000000000 +0200 +++ ./include/Makefile.in 2014-06-27 11:18:44.971822851 +0200 @@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = foreign DISTCLEANFILES = ffitarget.h EXTRA_DIST = ffi.h.in ffi_common.h -includesdir = $(libdir)/@PACKAGE_NAME@-@PACKAGE_VERSION@/include +includesdir = $(includedir) nodist_includes_HEADERS = ffi.h ffitarget.h all: all-am