diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 39a7609d4d8ca45c3eaf4edcf08e5efc4c288607..1fc9ec207c26534de2ffe1b35f71409e3ac436cc 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@ upgrade-module:
 
 .PHONY: git
 ## Build Git.
-git: ${GIT_PREFIX}/bin/git
+git: ${DESTDIR}/${GIT_PREFIX}/bin/git
 
 .PHONY: libgit2
 ## Build libgit2.
@@ -568,7 +568,7 @@ ${DEPENDENCY_DIR}: | ${BUILD_DIR}
 	${Q}mkdir -p ${DEPENDENCY_DIR}
 
 # This target builds a full Git distribution and installs it into GIT_PREFIX.
-${GIT_PREFIX}/bin/git: ${DEPENDENCY_DIR}/git-distribution/Makefile
+${DESTDIR}/${GIT_PREFIX}/bin/git: ${DEPENDENCY_DIR}/git-distribution/Makefile
 	@ # Remove the Git installation first in case GIT_PREFIX is the default
 	@ # prefix which always points into our build directory. This is done so
 	@ # we never end up with mixed Git installations on developer machines.