diff --git a/bin/caam b/bin/caam
index 87be8ba..f7b7014 100755
--- a/bin/caam
+++ b/bin/caam
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@
 for e in PATH LD_LIBRARY_PATH LD_RUN_PATH PERL RUBY PYTHON M4 \
 		LIBTOOL SED INSTALL MAKE MSGFMT \
 		CC CFLAGS LDFLAGS LIBS CXX CXXFLAGS \
-		CONFIG_SHELL \
+		CONFIG_SHELL DESTDIR \
   		PKG_CONFIG_PATH CAAM_PREFIXES CAAM_ADD CFG MAKE MKOPT \
 		$acvars $otvars; do
   eval "v=\$$e"