diff --git a/app-arch/p7zip/p7zip-9.04.bep b/app-arch/p7zip/p7zip-9.04.bep
index 2febf0432..63b7ae35f 100644
--- a/app-arch/p7zip/p7zip-9.04.bep
+++ b/app-arch/p7zip/p7zip-9.04.bep
@@ -13,5 +13,9 @@ BUILD {
 
 INSTALL {
 	cd p7zip_9.04
-	make install DEST_HOME=/boot/common
+	if [ -n "${DESTDIR}" ];then
+		make install DEST_DIR="${DESTDIR}" DEST_HOME="/boot/common"
+	else
+		make install DEST_HOME=/boot/common
+	fi
 }
diff --git a/sys-libs/readline/readline-6.0.bep b/sys-libs/readline/readline-6.0.bep
index 67186f170..89322e57b 100644
--- a/sys-libs/readline/readline-6.0.bep
+++ b/sys-libs/readline/readline-6.0.bep
@@ -16,5 +16,9 @@ BUILD {
 
 INSTALL {
 	cd readline-6.0
-	make install
+	if [ -n "${DESTDIR}" ];then
+		make install DESTDIR="${DESTDIR}"
+	else
+		make install
+	fi
 }