--- Makefile.in.orig	2015-06-30 23:44:15.000000000 +0200
+++ Makefile.in	2015-06-30 23:46:15.000000000 +0200
@@ -144,7 +144,9 @@
 	$(INSTALL_DATA) system.rc $(DESTDIR)/$(sysconfdir)/$(PACKAGE)
 	$(INSTALL_DATA) solfege.desktop $(DESTDIR)/$(datadir)/applications/
 	for ifile in $(installfiles); do \
-	    cp --parents $$ifile $(DESTDIR)/$(datadir)/$(PACKAGE)/; \
+	    dname=$$(dirname "$$ifile"); \
+	    $(INSTALL) -d -m 755 "$(DESTDIR)/$(datadir)/$(PACKAGE)/$$dname"; \
+	    $(INSTALL_DATA) "$$ifile" "$(DESTDIR)/$(datadir)/$(PACKAGE)/$$dname"; \
 	done
 
 compileall: