diff --git a/templates/bash.tmpl b/templates/bash.tmpl
index 42254190f69..741c4204b5b 100755
--- a/templates/bash.tmpl
+++ b/templates/bash.tmpl
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ configure_args="--enable-readline --enable-progcomp
  --enable-process-substitution --enable-job-control --enable-history
  --enable-help-builtin --enable-extended-glob --enable-dparen-arithmetic
  --enable-directory-stack --enable-debugger --enable-cond-regexp
- --enable-alias --enable-brace-expansion --enable-array-variables"
+ --enable-alias --enable-brace-expansion --enable-array-variables
+ --bindir=$XBPS_DESTDIR/$pkgname-$version/bin"
 short_desc="The GNU Bourne Again Shell"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 checksum=26c99025b59e30779300b68adb764f824974d267a4d7cc1b347d14a2393f9fb4
diff --git a/templates/binutils.tmpl b/templates/binutils.tmpl
index 485692c7e2f..35b1d668fa0 100644
--- a/templates/binutils.tmpl
+++ b/templates/binutils.tmpl
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ version=2.18
 distfiles="http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/binutils/$pkgname-$version@.tar.bz2"
 build_style=gnu_configure
 configure_args="--disable-werror --enable-shared --disable-multilib"
-make_install_target="tooldir=$XBPS_DESTDIR/$pkgname-$version
- install prefix=$XBPS_DESTDIR/$pkgname-$version"
+make_install_target="tooldir=$XBPS_DESTDIR/$pkgname-$version/usr
+ install prefix=$XBPS_DESTDIR/$pkgname-$version/usr"
 short_desc="GNU binary utilities"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 checksum=487a33a452f0edcf1f8bb8fc23dff5c7a82edec3f3f8b65632b6c945e961ee9b