diff --git a/darshan-runtime/Makefile.in b/darshan-runtime/Makefile.in
index feeb92d8dfeb61083153ce097051ade782735d6d..e33fc685658947190da46910e8f79e17999fb73c 100644
--- a/darshan-runtime/Makefile.in
+++ b/darshan-runtime/Makefile.in
@@ -154,9 +154,9 @@ endif
 	install -m 755 share/mpi-profile/darshan-bg-f.conf $(datarootdir)/mpi-profile/darshan-bg-f.conf
 	install -d $(datarootdir)/ld-opts
 	install -m 644 share/ld-opts/darshan-base-ld-opts $(datarootdir)/ld-opts/darshan-base-ld-opts
-	install -m 644 share/ld-opts/darshan-posix-ld-opts $(datarootdir)/ld-opts/darshan-posix-ld-opts
-	install -m 644 share/ld-opts/darshan-hdf5-ld-opts $(datarootdir)/ld-opts/darshan-hdf5-ld-opts
-	install -m 644 share/ld-opts/darshan-pnetcdf-ld-opts $(datarootdir)/ld-opts/darshan-pnetcdf-ld-opts
+	install -m 644 $(srcdir)/share/ld-opts/darshan-posix-ld-opts $(datarootdir)/ld-opts/darshan-posix-ld-opts
+	install -m 644 $(srcdir)/share/ld-opts/darshan-hdf5-ld-opts $(datarootdir)/ld-opts/darshan-hdf5-ld-opts
+	install -m 644 $(srcdir)/share/ld-opts/darshan-pnetcdf-ld-opts $(datarootdir)/ld-opts/darshan-pnetcdf-ld-opts
 	install -d $(libdir)/pkgconfig
 	install -m 644 lib/pkgconfig/darshan-runtime.pc $(libdir)/pkgconfig/darshan-runtime.pc