diff --git a/gettext-tools/misc/autopoint.in b/gettext-tools/misc/autopoint.in
index 3a24eee..a53c65a 100644
--- a/gettext-tools/misc/autopoint.in
+++ b/gettext-tools/misc/autopoint.in
@@ -27,9 +27,10 @@ archive_version=@ARCHIVE_VERSION@
 
 # Set variables
 # - gettext_datadir     directory where the data files are stored.
-prefix="@prefix@"
-datarootdir="@datarootdir@"
-: ${gettext_datadir="@datadir@/gettext"}
+scriptdir=$(CDPATH= cd -- "$(dirname -- "$0")" && pwd)
+prefix="$scriptdir/.."
+datarootdir="$prefix/res"
+: ${gettext_datadir="${datarootdir}/gettext"}
 : ${AUTOM4TE=autom4te}
 
 # func_tmpdir
@@ -130,7 +131,7 @@ func_find_prefixes ()
 }
 if test "@RELOCATABLE@" = yes; then
   exec_prefix="@exec_prefix@"
-  bindir="@bindir@"
+  bindir="$prefix/bin"
   orig_installdir="$bindir" # see Makefile.am's *_SCRIPTS variables
   func_find_curr_installdir # determine curr_installdir
   func_find_prefixes