diff --git a/libgloss/multi-build.in b/libgloss/multi-build.in
index e2fd0807a..1403eb35e 100644
--- a/libgloss/multi-build.in
+++ b/libgloss/multi-build.in
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ multi-do:
 		    LIBCXXFLAGS="$(LIBCXXFLAGS)" \
 		    LDFLAGS="$(LDFLAGS)" \
 		    MULTIFLAGS="" \
-		    DESTDIR="" \
+		    DESTDIR="$(DESTDIR)" \
 		    SOURCE="${srcdir}/" \
 		    INSTALL="$(INSTALL)" \
 		    INSTALL_DATA="$(INSTALL_DATA)" \