--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -25,15 +25,15 @@
   #
   # This check acts as a guard to make sure we are being configured with the
   # right prefix, among other things.
-  tracker_store = find_program(join_paths(get_option('prefix'), get_option('libexecdir'), 'tracker-store'))
+  tracker_store = find_program(join_paths(tracker_miner.get_pkgconfig_variable('prefix'), 'libexec', 'tracker-store'))
   tracker_store_path = tracker_store.path()
 
   # If we are building against an installed version of tracker core rather than
   # having it as a subproject, these 'uninstalled' locations point to the actual
   # installed locations.
-  tracker_uninstalled_domain_rule = join_paths(get_option('prefix'), get_option('datadir'), 'tracker', 'domain-ontologies', 'default.rule')
-  tracker_uninstalled_nepomuk_ontologies_dir = join_paths(get_option('prefix'), get_option('datadir'), 'tracker', 'ontologies', 'nepomuk')
-  tracker_uninstalled_stop_words_dir = join_paths(get_option('prefix'), get_option('datadir'), 'tracker', 'stop-words', 'default.rule')
+  tracker_uninstalled_domain_rule = join_paths(tracker_miner.get_pkgconfig_variable('prefix'), 'share', 'tracker', 'domain-ontologies', 'default.rule')
+  tracker_uninstalled_nepomuk_ontologies_dir = join_paths(tracker_miner.get_pkgconfig_variable('prefix'), 'share', 'tracker', 'ontologies', 'nepomuk')
+  tracker_uninstalled_stop_words_dir = join_paths(tracker_miner.get_pkgconfig_variable('prefix'), 'share', 'tracker', 'stop-words', 'default.rule')
 else
   tracker_subproject = subproject('tracker',
     default_options: [
--- a/src/libtracker-miners-common/tracker-domain-ontology.c
+++ b/src/libtracker-miners-common/tracker-domain-ontology.c
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@
 			goto end;
 		}
 	} else {
-		path = g_build_filename (SHAREDIR, "tracker", "domain-ontologies",
+		path = g_build_filename ("@tracker@", "share", "tracker", "domain-ontologies",
 		                         DEFAULT_RULE, NULL);
 
 		if (!g_file_test (path, G_FILE_TEST_IS_REGULAR)) {
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@
 	if (!priv->ontology_location) {
 		gchar *ontology_path;
 
-		ontology_path = g_build_filename (SHAREDIR, "tracker", "ontologies",
+		ontology_path = g_build_filename ("@tracker@", "share", "tracker", "ontologies",
 		                                  priv->ontology_name, NULL);
 
 		if (!g_file_test (ontology_path, G_FILE_TEST_IS_DIR)) {