diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 356ca4b0750d1f6b9906c061d920b4943d8321b8..bbdf1d998c63c94bd5308c7fc9dadf6e9853f1f5 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ setuptools.setup(
         'pycairo',
     ],
     packages=setuptools.find_packages(exclude=('tests', )),
-    data_files = [('man/man1', ['doc/mat2.1'])],
+    data_files = [('share/man/man1', ['doc/mat2.1'])],
     classifiers=[
         "Development Status :: 3 - Alpha",
         "Environment :: Console",