diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index d0887d1..277cfb7 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ project_url = 'https://github.com/linuxmint/xapp-thumbnailers'
 version = meson.project_version()

 install_subdir(
-    'files',
-    install_dir: '/',
+    'files/usr',
+    install_dir: '',
     strip_directory: true,
 )