--- services/Makefile.am.orig	2009-02-28 20:48:46.000000000 +0100
+++ services/Makefile.am	2009-02-28 20:49:28.000000000 +0100
@@ -20,6 +20,6 @@
 SUBDIRS += plugins
 
 install-exec-local:
-	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)/etc/vmware-tools
-	ln -sf `dirname $(VMSVC_PLUGIN_INSTALLDIR)` $(DESTDIR)/etc/vmware-tools/plugins
+	mkdir -p $(prefix)/etc/vmware-tools
+
 
--- services/Makefile.in.orig	2009-02-28 20:48:52.000000000 +0100
+++ services/Makefile.in	2009-02-28 20:49:46.000000000 +0100
@@ -576,8 +576,8 @@
 
 
 install-exec-local:
-	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)/etc/vmware-tools
-	ln -sf `dirname $(VMSVC_PLUGIN_INSTALLDIR)` $(DESTDIR)/etc/vmware-tools/plugins
+	mkdir -p $(prefix)/etc/vmware-tools
+
 # Tell versions [3.59,3.63) of GNU make to not export all variables.
 # Otherwise a system limit (for SysV at least) may be exceeded.
 .NOEXPORT:
