diff -Naur fwupd-0.8.1-orig/src/Makefile.in fwupd-0.8.1/src/Makefile.in
--- fwupd-0.8.1-orig/src/Makefile.in	2017-02-24 02:59:23.000000000 -0500
+++ fwupd-0.8.1/src/Makefile.in	2017-02-27 15:06:56.218901891 -0500
@@ -1639,7 +1639,7 @@
 		$(srcdir)/fwupd.gresource.xml
 
 install-data-hook:
-	if test -w $(DESTDIR)$(prefix)/; then \
+	if test -w $$(dirname $(DESTDIR)$(localstatedir)/); then \
 		mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(localstatedir)/lib/fwupd; \
 		chmod 0755 $(DESTDIR)$(localstatedir)/lib/fwupd; \
 		mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(localstatedir)/cache/app-info/xmls; \