diff --git a/alsactl/90-alsa-restore.rules.in b/alsactl/90-alsa-restore.rules.in
index c68119d..80fc043 100644
--- a/alsactl/90-alsa-restore.rules.in
+++ b/alsactl/90-alsa-restore.rules.in
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-ACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEM=="sound", KERNEL=="controlC*", KERNELS!="card*", GOTO="alsa_restore_go"
+ACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEM=="sound", KERNEL=="controlC*", KERNELS!="card*", TEST=="@sbindir@", TEST=="@datadir@", GOTO="alsa_restore_go"
 GOTO="alsa_restore_end"
 
 LABEL="alsa_restore_go"
diff --git a/alsactl/Makefile.am b/alsactl/Makefile.am
index b862412..afbedb3 100644
--- a/alsactl/Makefile.am
+++ b/alsactl/Makefile.am
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ endif
 
 edit = \
 	$(SED) -r -e 's,@sbindir\@,$(sbindir),g' \
+		  -e 's,@datadir\@,$(mydatadir),g' \
 		  -e 's,@daemonswitch\@,$(ALSACTL_DAEMONSWITCH),g' \
 							< $< > $@ || rm $@
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 0c98a4f..d169adb 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -292,6 +292,7 @@ AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(SOUNDSDIR, "$soundsdir", [directory containing sample data])
 
 mydatadir="$dir/alsa"
 AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(DATADIR, "$mydatadir", [directory containing alsa configuration])
+AC_SUBST(mydatadir)
 
 AC_ARG_WITH(testsound,
   AS_HELP_STRING([--with-testsound=file], [give the path of test sound file for alsaconf]),