diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/Makefile b/doc/src/sgml/Makefile
index 188afc13a0d4dda98749142d6fd69894c8ce51c1..52a3390512047e6860db5bff28361b7d1a3e4385 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/Makefile
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #
 # PostgreSQL documentation makefile
 #
-# $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/Makefile,v 1.142 2010/05/01 21:31:17 tgl Exp $
+# $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/Makefile,v 1.143 2010/05/13 11:49:47 petere Exp $
 #
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -277,8 +277,6 @@ check: postgres.sgml $(ALMOSTALLSGML) check-tabs
 ## Install
 ##
 
-vpathsearch = `for f in $(addsuffix /$(1),$(subst :, ,. $(VPATH))); do test -r $$f && echo $$f && break; done`
-
 install: install-html
 
 ifneq ($(PORTNAME), sco)
diff --git a/src/Makefile.global.in b/src/Makefile.global.in
index c5b675cb63dcd31a717a26cd2ae5f5c570f0c14b..bfbcf8851cd1da503a5fcebd50902b2cd1136327 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.global.in
+++ b/src/Makefile.global.in
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # -*-makefile-*-
-# $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/Makefile.global.in,v 1.261 2010/03/24 13:14:02 adunstan Exp $
+# $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/Makefile.global.in,v 1.262 2010/05/13 11:49:47 petere Exp $
 
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # All PostgreSQL makefiles include this file and use the variables it sets,
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ srcdir = $(top_srcdir)/$(subdir)
 VPATH = $(srcdir)
 endif
 
+vpathsearch = `for f in $(addsuffix /$(1),$(subst :, ,. $(VPATH))); do test -r $$f && echo $$f && break; done`
+
 # Saved arguments from configure
 configure_args = @configure_args@
 
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/Makefile b/src/backend/catalog/Makefile
index a73971d162771240d9c713dc1f58582699d19e2a..a97003943ed5600b62f55af5921633cbdb839e58 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/Makefile
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #
 # Makefile for backend/catalog
 #
-# $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/catalog/Makefile,v 1.77 2010/02/16 22:34:43 tgl Exp $
+# $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/catalog/Makefile,v 1.78 2010/05/13 11:49:48 petere Exp $
 #
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -59,9 +59,9 @@ postgres.bki: genbki.pl Catalog.pm $(POSTGRES_BKI_SRCS)
 
 .PHONY: install-data
 install-data: $(BKIFILES) installdirs
-	$(INSTALL_DATA) postgres.bki         '$(DESTDIR)$(datadir)/postgres.bki'
-	$(INSTALL_DATA) postgres.description '$(DESTDIR)$(datadir)/postgres.description'
-	$(INSTALL_DATA) postgres.shdescription '$(DESTDIR)$(datadir)/postgres.shdescription'
+	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(call vpathsearch,postgres.bki) '$(DESTDIR)$(datadir)/postgres.bki'
+	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(call vpathsearch,postgres.description) '$(DESTDIR)$(datadir)/postgres.description'
+	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(call vpathsearch,postgres.shdescription) '$(DESTDIR)$(datadir)/postgres.shdescription'
 	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(srcdir)/system_views.sql '$(DESTDIR)$(datadir)/system_views.sql'
 	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(srcdir)/information_schema.sql '$(DESTDIR)$(datadir)/information_schema.sql'
 	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(srcdir)/sql_features.txt '$(DESTDIR)$(datadir)/sql_features.txt'