--- swig/ruby/RubyMakefile.mk.orig	2006-01-13 17:48:46.000000000 -0800
+++ swig/ruby/RubyMakefile.mk	2006-05-21 18:08:38.000000000 -0700
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 RUBY_LIB_DIR := $(shell ruby -rrbconfig -e "puts Config::CONFIG['libdir']")
 RUBY_SO_NAME := $(shell ruby -rrbconfig -e "puts Config::CONFIG['RUBY_SO_NAME']")
 RUBY_EXTENSIONS_DIR := $(shell ruby -rrbconfig -e "puts Config::CONFIG['sitearchdir']")
-INSTALL_DIR := $(RUBY_EXTENSIONS_DIR)/gdal
+INSTALL_DIR := $(DESTDIR)$(RUBY_EXTENSIONS_DIR)/gdal
 
 RUBY_INCLUDE = -I$(RUBY_INCLUDE_DIR)
 LDFLAGS += -shared -L$(RUBY_LIB_DIR)
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 	rm -frd $(INSTALL_DIR)
 
 $(INSTALL_DIR):
-	mkdir -v $(INSTALL_DIR)
+	mkdir -p $(INSTALL_DIR)
 
 install: $(INSTALL_DIR)
 	$(INSTALL) $(RUBY_MODULES) $(INSTALL_DIR)