diff --git a/gio/gdbus-2.0/codegen/meson.build b/gio/gdbus-2.0/codegen/meson.build
index ff5edb977..c0caf0e50 100644
--- a/gio/gdbus-2.0/codegen/meson.build
+++ b/gio/gdbus-2.0/codegen/meson.build
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ gdbus_codegen = configure_file(input : 'gdbus-codegen.in',
   # Provide tools for others when we're a subproject and they use the Meson GNOME module
 meson.override_find_program('gdbus-codegen', gdbus_codegen)
 
-codegen_dir = join_paths(get_option('datadir'), 'glib-2.0/codegen')
+codegen_dir = join_paths(glib_datadir, 'glib-2.0', 'codegen')
 
 gdbus_codegen_built_files = []
 gdbus_codegen_built_files += configure_file(input : 'config.py.in',
diff --git a/gio/meson.build b/gio/meson.build
index 9dd3c1caf..2ef60eda9 100644
--- a/gio/meson.build
+++ b/gio/meson.build
@@ -805,9 +805,10 @@ libgio = library('gio-2.0',
   link_args : [noseh_link_args, glib_link_flags],
 )
 
-giomodulesdir = get_option('gio_module_dir')
-if giomodulesdir == ''
-  giomodulesdir = join_paths('${libdir}', 'gio', 'modules')
+if get_option('gio_module_dir') != ''
+  pkgconfig_giomodulesdir = join_paths('${prefix}', get_option('gio_module_dir'))
+else
+  pkgconfig_giomodulesdir = join_paths('${libdir}', 'gio', 'modules')
 endif
 
 schemas_subdir = join_paths('glib-2.0', 'schemas')
@@ -818,7 +819,7 @@ pkg.generate(libgio,
   variables : ['datadir=' + join_paths('${prefix}', get_option('datadir')),
                'schemasdir=' + join_paths('${datadir}', schemas_subdir),
                'bindir=' + join_paths('${prefix}', get_option('bindir')),
-               'giomoduledir=' + giomodulesdir,
+               'giomoduledir=' + pkgconfig_giomodulesdir,
                'gio=' + join_paths('${bindir}', 'gio'),
                'gio_querymodules=' + join_paths('${bindir}', 'gio-querymodules'),
                'glib_compile_schemas=' + join_paths('${bindir}', 'glib-compile-schemas'),
diff --git a/glib/gnulib/meson.build b/glib/gnulib/meson.build
index 6ad55d07a..e45e8c2f4 100644
--- a/glib/gnulib/meson.build
+++ b/glib/gnulib/meson.build
@@ -338,6 +338,6 @@ gnulib_lib = static_library('gnulib', gnulib_sources,
   dependencies : [libm],
   include_directories : [configinc, glibinc, include_directories ('.')],
   pic : true,
-  c_args : ['-DGCC_LINT=1', '-DLIBDIR="@0@"'.format(get_option('libdir')), '-DGLIB_COMPILATION', '-DG_LOG_DOMAIN="GLib"' ] + glib_hidden_visibility_args + extra_gnulib_args)
+  c_args : ['-DGCC_LINT=1', '-DLIBDIR="@0@"'.format(glib_libdir), '-DGLIB_COMPILATION', '-DG_LOG_DOMAIN="GLib"' ] + glib_hidden_visibility_args + extra_gnulib_args)
 
 gnulib_libm_dependency = [libm]
diff --git a/glib/libcharset/localcharset.c b/glib/libcharset/localcharset.c
index 0c4d544be..ab3a2678d 100644
--- a/glib/libcharset/localcharset.c
+++ b/glib/libcharset/localcharset.c
@@ -117,11 +117,7 @@ _g_locale_get_charset_aliases (void)
       const char *base = "charset.alias";
       char *file_name;
 
-      /* Make it possible to override the charset.alias location.  This is
-	 necessary for running the testsuite before "make install".  */
-      dir = getenv ("CHARSETALIASDIR");
-      if (dir == NULL || dir[0] == '\0')
-	dir = relocate (GLIB_CHARSETALIAS_DIR);
+      dir = relocate (GLIB_CHARSETALIAS_DIR);
 
       /* Concatenate dir and base into freshly allocated file_name.  */
       {
diff --git a/glib/libcharset/meson.build b/glib/libcharset/meson.build
index be4a79023..5a02666df 100644
--- a/glib/libcharset/meson.build
+++ b/glib/libcharset/meson.build
@@ -1,9 +1,4 @@
-charsetalias_dir = get_option('charsetalias_dir')
-if charsetalias_dir == ''
-  charsetalias_dir = get_option('libdir')
-endif
-
 charset_lib = static_library('charset', 'localcharset.c',
   include_directories : configinc,
   pic : true,
-  c_args : [ '-DGLIB_CHARSETALIAS_DIR="@0@"'.format(charsetalias_dir) ] + glib_hidden_visibility_args)
+  c_args : [ '-DGLIB_CHARSETALIAS_DIR="@0@"'.format(glib_charsetaliasdir) ] + glib_hidden_visibility_args)
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 6868dd2b2..0ce279a8c 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -63,13 +63,20 @@ glib_libexecdir = join_paths(glib_prefix, get_option('libexecdir'))
 glib_datadir = join_paths(glib_prefix, get_option('datadir'))
 glib_pkgdatadir = join_paths(glib_datadir, 'glib-2.0')
 glib_includedir = join_paths(glib_prefix, get_option('includedir'))
-glib_giomodulesdir = get_option('gio_module_dir')
-if glib_giomodulesdir == ''
+if get_option('gio_module_dir') != ''
+  glib_giomodulesdir = join_paths(glib_prefix, get_option('gio_module_dir'))
+else
   glib_giomodulesdir = join_paths(glib_libdir, 'gio', 'modules')
 endif
 
 glib_pkgconfigreldir = join_paths(glib_libdir, 'pkgconfig')
 
+if get_option('charsetalias_dir') != ''
+  glib_charsetaliasdir = join_paths(glib_prefix, get_option('charsetalias_dir'))
+else
+  glib_charsetaliasdir = glib_libdir
+endif
+
 installed_tests_metadir = join_paths(glib_datadir, 'installed-tests', meson.project_name())
 installed_tests_execdir = join_paths(glib_libexecdir, 'installed-tests', meson.project_name())
 installed_tests_enabled = get_option('installed_tests')
@@ -2216,7 +2223,7 @@ if get_option('man')
     'http://docbook.sourceforge.net/release/xsl/current/manpages/docbook.xsl',
     '@INPUT@',
   ]
-  man1_dir = get_option('mandir') + '/man1'
+  man1_dir = join_paths(glib_prefix, get_option('mandir'), 'man1')
 endif
 
 gnome = import('gnome')