diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 8700a3b313e1fb3b727b14ec5d18e49305736ce4..25c01086b4ffacc4bc3478fd79ec3c54971fd27d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -637,20 +637,20 @@ progdocs:
 config:
 	@if [ "${OSARCH}" = "linux-gnu" ]; then \
 		if [ -f /etc/redhat-release -o -f /etc/fedora-release ]; then \
-			$(INSTALL) -m 755 contrib/init.d/rc.redhat.asterisk /etc/rc.d/init.d/asterisk; \
-			/sbin/chkconfig --add asterisk; \
+			$(INSTALL) -m 755 contrib/init.d/rc.redhat.asterisk $(DESTDIR)/etc/rc.d/init.d/asterisk; \
+			if [ -z "$(DESTDIR)" ]; then /sbin/chkconfig --add asterisk; fi; \
 		elif [ -f /etc/debian_version ]; then \
-			$(INSTALL) -m 755 contrib/init.d/rc.debian.asterisk /etc/init.d/asterisk; \
-			/usr/sbin/update-rc.d asterisk start 10 2 3 4 5 . stop 91 2 3 4 5 .; \
+			$(INSTALL) -m 755 contrib/init.d/rc.debian.asterisk $(DESTDIR)/etc/init.d/asterisk; \
+			if [ -z "$(DESTDIR)" ]; then /usr/sbin/update-rc.d asterisk start 10 2 3 4 5 . stop 91 2 3 4 5 .; fi; \
 		elif [ -f /etc/gentoo-release ]; then \
-			$(INSTALL) -m 755 contrib/init.d/rc.gentoo.asterisk /etc/init.d/asterisk; \
-			/sbin/rc-update add asterisk default; \
+			$(INSTALL) -m 755 contrib/init.d/rc.gentoo.asterisk $(DESTDIR)/etc/init.d/asterisk; \
+			if [ -z "$(DESTDIR)" ]; then /sbin/rc-update add asterisk default; fi; \
 		elif [ -f /etc/mandrake-release ]; then \
-			$(INSTALL) -m 755 contrib/init.d/rc.mandrake.asterisk /etc/rc.d/init.d/asterisk; \
-			/sbin/chkconfig --add asterisk; \
+			$(INSTALL) -m 755 contrib/init.d/rc.mandrake.asterisk $(DESTDIR)/etc/rc.d/init.d/asterisk; \
+			if [ -z "$(DESTDIR)" ]; then /sbin/chkconfig --add asterisk; fi; \
 		elif [ -f /etc/SuSE-release -o -f /etc/novell-release ]; then \
-			$(INSTALL) -m 755 contrib/init.d/rc.suse.asterisk /etc/init.d/asterisk; \
-			/sbin/chkconfig --add asterisk; \
+			$(INSTALL) -m 755 contrib/init.d/rc.suse.asterisk $(DESTDIR)/etc/init.d/asterisk; \
+			if [ -z "$(DESTDIR)" ]; then /sbin/chkconfig --add asterisk; fi; \
 		elif [ -f /etc/slackware-version ]; then \
 			echo "Slackware is not currently supported, although an init script does exist for it." \
 		else \