diff --git a/bsnes/target-bsnes/GNUmakefile b/bsnes/target-bsnes/GNUmakefile
index c693a2ed9..6c9058a13 100644
--- a/bsnes/target-bsnes/GNUmakefile
+++ b/bsnes/target-bsnes/GNUmakefile
@@ -40,8 +40,6 @@ verbose: hiro.verbose ruby.verbose nall.verbose all;
 
 install: all
 ifeq ($(platform),windows)
-else ifeq ($(shell id -un),root)
-	$(error "make install should not be run as root")
 else ifeq ($(platform),macos)
 	mkdir -p ~/Library/Application\ Support/$(name)/
 	mkdir -p ~/Library/Application\ Support/$(name)/Database/
@@ -49,32 +47,29 @@ else ifeq ($(platform),macos)
 	mkdir -p ~/Library/Application\ Support/$(name)/Shaders/
 	cp -R out/$(name).app /Applications/$(name).app
 else ifneq ($(filter $(platform),linux bsd),)
-	mkdir -p $(prefix)/bin/
-	mkdir -p $(prefix)/share/applications/
-	mkdir -p $(prefix)/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps/
-	mkdir -p $(prefix)/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/
-	mkdir -p $(prefix)/share/$(name)/
-	mkdir -p $(prefix)/share/$(name)/Database/
-	mkdir -p $(prefix)/share/$(name)/Firmware/
-	mkdir -p $(prefix)/share/$(name)/Shaders/
-	cp out/$(name) $(prefix)/bin/$(name)
-	cp $(ui)/resource/$(name).desktop $(prefix)/share/applications/$(name).desktop
-	cp $(ui)/resource/$(name).png $(prefix)/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps/$(name).png
-	cp $(ui)/resource/$(name).svg $(prefix)/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/$(name).svg
-	cp Database/* $(prefix)/share/$(name)/Database/
-	cp -r ../shaders/* $(prefix)/share/$(name)/Shaders/
+	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)
+	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(datarootdir)/applications
+	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(datarootdir)/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps
+	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(datarootdir)/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps
+	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(datadir)/$(name)/Database
+	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(datadir)/$(name)/Firmware
+	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(datadir)/$(name)/Shaders
+	cp out/$(name) $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/$(name)
+	cp $(ui)/resource/$(name).desktop $(DESTDIR)$(datarootdir)/applications/$(name).desktop
+	cp $(ui)/resource/$(name).png $(DESTDIR)$(datarootdir)/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps/$(name).png
+	cp $(ui)/resource/$(name).svg $(DESTDIR)$(datarootdir)/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/$(name).svg
+	cp Database/* $(DESTDIR)$(datadir)/$(name)/Database/
+	cp -r ../shaders/* $(DESTDIR)$(datadir)/$(name)/Shaders/
 endif
 
 uninstall:
 ifeq ($(platform),windows)
-else ifeq ($(shell id -un),root)
-	$(error "make uninstall should not be run as root")
 else ifeq ($(platform),macos)
 	rm -rf /Applications/$(name).app
 else ifneq ($(filter $(platform),linux bsd),)
-	rm -f $(prefix)/bin/$(name)
-	rm -f $(prefix)/share/applications/$(name).desktop
-	rm -f $(prefix)/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps/$(name).png
-	rm -f $(prefix)/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/$(name).svg
-	rm -rf $(prefix)/share/$(name)
+	rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/$(name)
+	rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(datarootdir)/applications/$(name).desktop
+	rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(datarootdir)/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps/$(name).png
+	rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(datarootdir)/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/$(name).svg
+	rm -rf $(DESTDIR)$(datadir)/$(name)
 endif
diff --git a/bsnes/target-bsnes/bsnes.cpp b/bsnes/target-bsnes/bsnes.cpp
index c7bb3dd3c..5c07e06bf 100644
--- a/bsnes/target-bsnes/bsnes.cpp
+++ b/bsnes/target-bsnes/bsnes.cpp
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ auto locate(string name) -> string {
   location = {Path::userData(), "bsnes/", name};
   if(inode::exists(location)) return location;
 
+  location = {Path::sharedData(), "bsnes/", name};
+  if(inode::exists(location)) return location;
+
   directory::create({Path::userSettings(), "bsnes/"});
   return {Path::userSettings(), "bsnes/", name};
 }
diff --git a/nall/GNUmakefile b/nall/GNUmakefile
index f064ae772..dcca2b6dd 100755
--- a/nall/GNUmakefile
+++ b/nall/GNUmakefile
@@ -239,5 +239,9 @@ strne = $(if $(filter-out xx,x$(subst $1,,$2)$(subst $2,,$1)x),1,)
 ifeq ($(platform),windows)
   prefix := $(subst $([space]),\$([space]),$(strip $(call strtr,$(LOCALAPPDATA),\,/)))
 else
-  prefix := $(HOME)/.local
+  prefix ?= /usr/local
+  bindir ?= $(prefix)/bin
+  datarootdir ?= $(prefix)/share
+  datadir ?= $(datarootdir)
+  flags += -DDATADIR=\"$(datadir)\"
 endif
diff --git a/nall/path.hpp b/nall/path.hpp
index 3353817b4..a9f0b496c 100644
--- a/nall/path.hpp
+++ b/nall/path.hpp
@@ -137,6 +137,8 @@ inline auto sharedData() -> string {
   result.transform("\\", "/");
   #elif defined(PLATFORM_MACOS)
   string result = "/Library/Application Support/";
+  #elif defined(DATADIR)
+  string result = DATADIR;
   #else
   string result = "/usr/share/";
   #endif