diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index ade2b0b3d8f8c81ab92fa01e1da7835d4825b93d..dff464f746bb22b681cb0a3ea512827ae4b73373 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ AC_SUBST(moduledir)
 dovecot_pkglibexecdir='$(libexecdir)/dovecot'
 dovecot_pkglibdir='$(libdir)/dovecot'
 dovecot_pkgincludedir='$(includedir)/dovecot'
-dovecot_docdir='$(datadir)/dovecot'
+dovecot_docdir='$(datadir)/doc/dovecot'
 AC_SUBST(dovecot_pkglibexecdir)
 AC_SUBST(dovecot_pkglibdir)
 AC_SUBST(dovecot_pkgincludedir)