diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index f63bdec..2de3778 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ add_project_arguments(
 LIB_INSTALL_DIR = join_paths(libdir, 'budgie-desktop', 'plugins', meson.project_name())
 
 install_data('schema/com.prateekmedia.systemmonitor.gschema.xml',
-    install_dir: '/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas'
+    install_dir: join_paths(datadir, 'glib-2.0/schemas')
 )
 
 subdir('icons')