diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 1636462..8027c9b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ VCS         = git
 #
 #  Installation prefix, useful for the Debian package.
 #
-prefix=
+DESTDIR=
+prefix=${DESTDIR}
 
 
 nop:
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index b2f42f2..263c6fe 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ xen-tools (4.4~dev-1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
     - Preliminary support for Debian Jessie and Ubuntu Raring
     - Preliminary support for xl toolstack
     - xen-create-image: Consistently use runCommand() instead of system()
+    - Makefile accepts DESTDIR=…
   * Add debian/gbp.conf to be able to to build xen-tools with
     git-buildpackage.
   * Install (manually generated) upstream ChangeLog only if it