diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d5d1abc5..3a346e61 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -173,7 +173,6 @@ clean:
 	rm -rf a.out *.o *.so *.a *.out tags cyclone icyc scheme/*.o scheme/*.c
 	$(foreach f,$(TESTSCM), rm -rf $(f) $(f).c tests/$(f).c;)
 
-#install: all
 install:
 	$(MKDIR) $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)
 	$(MKDIR) $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDIR)
diff --git a/Makefile-bootstrap b/Makefile-bootstrap
index fdd6ce69..576cb4ae 100644
--- a/Makefile-bootstrap
+++ b/Makefile-bootstrap
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ all: cyclone icyc unit-tests
 
 libcyclone.a: runtime.c runtime.h dispatch.c
 	$(CC) -g -c dispatch.c -o dispatch.o
-	$(CC) -g -c runtime.c -o runtime.o
+	$(CC) -g -c -DCYC_INSTALL_DIR=\"$(PREFIX)\" runtime.c -o runtime.o
 	$(AR) rcs libcyclone.a runtime.o dispatch.o
 
 cyclone: $(COBJECTS) libcyclone.a