diff --git a/panel-plugin/Makefile.am b/panel-plugin/Makefile.am
index 135ee8e..75bbdbf 100644
--- a/panel-plugin/Makefile.am
+++ b/panel-plugin/Makefile.am
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ xfce4_battery_plugin_LDADD =						\
 #
 # Desktop file
 #
-desktopdir = $(datadir)/xfce4/panel-plugins
+desktopdir = $(datadir)/xfce4/panel/plugins
 desktop_in_in_files = battmon.desktop.in.in
 desktop_in_files = $(desktop_in_in_files:.desktop.in.in=.desktop.in)
 %.desktop.in: %.desktop.in.in