diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 62a2a0f..649986c 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ clean:
 
 install:
 	# splashy theme
-	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)/etc/splashy/themes/moreblue-orbit
-	$(INSTALL) $(wildcard splashy/moreblue-orbit/*) $(DESTDIR)/etc/splashy/themes/moreblue-orbit
+	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)/usr/share/splashy/themes/moreblue-orbit
+	$(INSTALL) $(wildcard splashy/moreblue-orbit/*) $(DESTDIR)/usr/share/splashy/themes/moreblue-orbit
 	# usplash theme
 #	make -C usplash/moreblue-orbit install DESTDIR=$(CURDIR)/debian/usplash-theme-debian-desktop/usr/lib/usplash
 	# background files
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 4f13a6c..266a0d5 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@ desktop-base (5.0.2) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
 
   * moreblue-orbit-wallpaper-widescreen.svg updated, fix a “transparent”
   * horizontal line on top.
+  * debian/rules:
+    - install splashy themes in /usr/share instead of /etc.     closes: #501315
 
- -- Yves-Alexis Perez <corsac@debian.org>  Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:32:36 +0200
+ -- Yves-Alexis Perez <corsac@debian.org>  Tue, 14 Oct 2008 22:43:53 +0200
 
 desktop-base (5.0.1) unstable; urgency=low