diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 6bbf2fc..511d057 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -37,6 +37,6 @@
 docs/html/index.html: 
 	cd docs && ./builddocs.sh
 
-sdk:	install/bin/runAECpp docs/html/index.html $(icu_install) $(apr_install) $(xerces_install) $(activemq_install) $(apu_install)
+sdk:	$(DESTDIR)usr/local/uimacpp/bin/runAECpp docs/html/index.html $(icu_install) $(apr_install) $(xerces_install) $(activemq_install) $(apu_install)
 	echo "Building SDK with $(icu_install) $(apr_install) $(xerces_install) $(activemq_install) in target directory $(TARGETDIR)"
 	export APR_HOME=$(apr_install) ICU_HOME=$(icu_install) XERCES_HOME=$(xerces_install) ACTIVEMQ_HOME=$(activemq_install) APU_HOME=$(apu_install) && ./buildsdk.sh $(TARGETDIR)
diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index 27d804d..ec23a45 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -679,7 +679,7 @@
 docs/html/index.html: 
 	cd docs && ./builddocs.sh
 
-sdk:	install/bin/runAECpp docs/html/index.html $(icu_install) $(apr_install) $(xerces_install) $(activemq_install) $(apu_install)
+sdk:	$(DESTDIR)usr/local/uimacpp/bin/runAECpp docs/html/index.html $(icu_install) $(apr_install) $(xerces_install) $(activemq_install) $(apu_install)
 	echo "Building SDK with $(icu_install) $(apr_install) $(xerces_install) $(activemq_install) in target directory $(TARGETDIR)"
 	export APR_HOME=$(apr_install) ICU_HOME=$(icu_install) XERCES_HOME=$(xerces_install) ACTIVEMQ_HOME=$(activemq_install) APU_HOME=$(apu_install) && ./buildsdk.sh $(TARGETDIR)
 # Tell versions [3.59,3.63) of GNU make to not export all variables.
diff --git a/buildsdk.sh b/buildsdk.sh
index 7fee886..9c2487d 100755
--- a/buildsdk.sh
+++ b/buildsdk.sh
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 	echo "      in the docs directory of the uimacpp source tree."
 	echo "    Requires the following environment variables:"
 	echo "      UIMA_INSTALLDIR - 'install' location of uimacpp build."
-	echo "                     Defaults to ./install"
+	echo "                     Defaults to ./usr/local/uimacpp"
 	echo "      APR_HOME - root of the APR install."
 	echo "      ICU_HOME - root of the ICU install."
 	echo "      XERCES_HOME - root of the XERCES install."
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
 # set default values if not set
 
 if [ "$UIMA_INSTALLDIR" = "" ]; then
-	export UIMA_INSTALLDIR=$UIMACPP_SOURCE/install
+	export UIMA_INSTALLDIR=$UIMACPP_SOURCE/usr/local/uimacpp
 fi
 
 if [[ "$APR_HOME" = "" || "$ICU_HOME" = "" || "$XERCES_HOME" = "" ]]; then
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index da08ebc..d525663 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -731,7 +731,7 @@
 PACKAGE_BUGREPORT=''
 
 ac_unique_file="src/framework/engine.cpp"
-ac_default_prefix=/install
+ac_default_prefix=/usr/local/uimacpp
 # Factoring default headers for most tests.
 ac_includes_default="\
 #include <stdio.h>
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 678ebc5..89dc270 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
 AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
 AC_DISABLE_STATIC
-AC_PREFIX_DEFAULT(/install)
+AC_PREFIX_DEFAULT(/usr/local/uimacpp)
 
 #[LIB_VERSION=`echo $VERSION | sed -e 's/\.//' -e 's/^\([^.]*\)$/\1.0/'`]
 #LIB_VERSION_MAJOR=`echo $LIB_VERSION | sed 's/\..*//'`