diff --git a/mate-settings-daemon.spec b/mate-settings-daemon.spec
index 8310fdf..45f57b9 100644
--- a/mate-settings-daemon.spec
+++ b/mate-settings-daemon.spec
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ under it.
 make %{?_smp_mflags} V=1
 
 %install
-make DESTDIR=%{buildroot} install
+%{make_install}
 
 find %{buildroot} -name '*.la' -exec rm -rf {} ';'
 
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ fi
 * Tue Feb 18 2014 Wolfgang Ulbrich <chat-to-me@raveit.de> - 1.7.90-1
 - update to 1.7.90
 - use --with-gnome --all-name for find locale
+- use modern 'make install' macro
 
 * Sun Feb 09 2014 Dan Mashal <dan.mashal@fedoraproject.org> - 1.7.1-1
 - Update to 1.7.1