diff --git a/develop/gdb/gdb.conf b/develop/gdb/gdb.conf
index 247614a1f..8c629073b 100644
--- a/develop/gdb/gdb.conf
+++ b/develop/gdb/gdb.conf
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
 #
 # Filename: package/.../gdb/gdb.conf
-# Copyright (C) 2013 The OpenSDE Project
+# Copyright (C) 2013 - 2015 The OpenSDE Project
 # Copyright (C) 2004 - 2006 The T2 SDE Project
 # Copyright (C) 1998 - 2003 Clifford Wolf
 #
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 var_remove confopt " " "--enable-shared"
 var_remove confopt " " "--disable-static"
-hook_add inmake 5 "eval $MAKE -C gdb/doc install-info"
+hook_add inmake 5 "eval $MAKE DESTDIR=$root -C gdb/doc install-info"
 
 pkg_gdb_postmake() {
 	# create directory where other packages should put gdb plugins