---
 Makefile                    |    2 +-
 git_remote_helpers/Makefile |    2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

--- a/git_remote_helpers/Makefile
+++ b/git_remote_helpers/Makefile
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 	$(QUIET)$(PYTHON_PATH) $(pysetupfile) $(QUIETSETUP) build
 
 install: $(pysetupfile)
-	$(PYTHON_PATH) $(pysetupfile) install --prefix $(DESTDIR_SQ)$(prefix)
+	$(PYTHON_PATH) $(pysetupfile) install --prefix $(prefix) --root $(DESTDIR_SQ)
 
 instlibdir: $(pysetupfile)
 	@echo "$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(prefix)/$(PYLIBDIR)"
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1718,7 +1718,7 @@
 $(patsubst %.py,%,$(SCRIPT_PYTHON)): % : %.py
 	$(QUIET_GEN)$(RM) $@ $@+ && \
 	INSTLIBDIR=`MAKEFLAGS= $(MAKE) -C git_remote_helpers -s \
-		--no-print-directory prefix='$(prefix_SQ)' DESTDIR='$(DESTDIR_SQ)' \
+		--no-print-directory prefix='$(prefix_SQ)' DESTDIR=\
 		instlibdir` && \
 	sed -e '1s|#!.*python|#!$(PYTHON_PATH_SQ)|' \
 	    -e 's|\(os\.getenv("GITPYTHONLIB"\)[^)]*)|\1,"@@INSTLIBDIR@@")|' \