diff --git a/app-shells/direnv/direnv-2.36.0.ebuild b/app-shells/direnv/direnv-2.36.0.ebuild
index 7fc1a9f08e..544a0aec8e 100644
--- a/app-shells/direnv/direnv-2.36.0.ebuild
+++ b/app-shells/direnv/direnv-2.36.0.ebuild
@@ -25,5 +25,5 @@ DOCS=( {CHANGELOG,README}.md )
 
 src_install() {
 	einstalldocs
-	emake DESTDIR="${D}" PREFIX="/usr" install
+	emake DESTDIR="${D}" PREFIX="${EPREFIX}/usr" install
 }
diff --git a/app-shells/direnv/direnv-9999.ebuild b/app-shells/direnv/direnv-9999.ebuild
index a0cd5c73e1..31233b9fc3 100644
--- a/app-shells/direnv/direnv-9999.ebuild
+++ b/app-shells/direnv/direnv-9999.ebuild
@@ -21,5 +21,5 @@ DOCS=( {CHANGELOG,README}.md )
 
 src_install() {
 	einstalldocs
-	emake DESTDIR="${D}" PREFIX="/usr" install
+	emake DESTDIR="${D}" PREFIX="${EPREFIX}/usr" install
 }