--- a/gettext-runtime/man/Makefile.am
+++ b/gettext-runtime/man/Makefile.am
@@ -159,8 +159,7 @@ bind_textdomain_codeset.3.html: bind_tex
 	$(MAN2HTML) $(srcdir)/bind_textdomain_codeset.3.in | sed -e '/CreationDate:/d' > t-$@
 	mv t-$@ $@
 
-install-html-local:
-	$(mkdir_p) $(DESTDIR)$(htmldir)
+install-html: installdirs-html
 	for file in $(man_HTML); do \
 	  if test -f $$file; then dir=.; else dir=$(srcdir); fi; \
 	  $(INSTALL_DATA) $$dir/$$file $(DESTDIR)$(htmldir)/$$file; \
--- a/gettext-tools/man/Makefile.am
+++ b/gettext-tools/man/Makefile.am
@@ -186,8 +186,7 @@ autopoint.1.html: autopoint.1
 	$(MAN2HTML) `if test -f autopoint.1; then echo .; else echo $(srcdir); fi`/autopoint.1 | sed -e '/CreationDate:/d' > t-$@
 	mv t-$@ $@
 
-install-html-local:
-	$(mkdir_p) $(DESTDIR)$(htmldir)
+install-html: installdirs-html
 	for file in $(man_HTML); do \
 	  if test -f $$file; then dir=.; else dir=$(srcdir); fi; \
 	  $(INSTALL_DATA) $$dir/$$file $(DESTDIR)$(htmldir)/$$file; \
--- a/gettext-runtime/intl/Makefile.in
+++ b/gettext-runtime/intl/Makefile.in
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 PACKAGE = @PACKAGE@
 VERSION = @VERSION@
 
-SHELL = /bin/sh
+SHELL = @SHELL@
 
 srcdir = @srcdir@
 top_srcdir = @top_srcdir@
