diff --git a/recipes-misc/recipes-multimedia/projectm/files/0002-Makefile.am-Fix-installation-with-DESTDIR-set.patch b/recipes-misc/recipes-multimedia/projectm/files/0002-Makefile.am-Fix-installation-with-DESTDIR-set.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d99b4b76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes-misc/recipes-multimedia/projectm/files/0002-Makefile.am-Fix-installation-with-DESTDIR-set.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+From 5a2f6eec3bd27725cd957e1642008f34f3b82f41 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: =?UTF-8?q?Andreas=20M=C3=BCller?= <schnitzeltony@gmail.com>
+Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2018 22:35:38 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] Makefile.am: Fix installation with DESTDIR set
+MIME-Version: 1.0
+Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
+Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
+
+Signed-off-by: Andreas Müller <schnitzeltony@gmail.com>
+---
+ Makefile.am | 4 ++--
+ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
+index 062bb3ca..19dbef1f 100644
+--- a/Makefile.am
++++ b/Makefile.am
+@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ pm_shaders__DATA = src/libprojectM/Renderer/blur.cg \
+ 
+ # find and install all preset files
+ install-data-local:
+-	test -z $(pkgdatadir) || $(MKDIR_P) $(pm_presets_dir)
+-	find "$(PRESETSDIR)" -type f -exec $(INSTALL_DATA) {} $(pm_presets_dir) \;
++	test -z $(DESTDIR)$(pkgdatadir) || $(MKDIR_P) $(DESTDIR)$(pm_presets_dir)
++	find "$(PRESETSDIR)" -type f -exec $(INSTALL_DATA) {} $(DESTDIR)$(pm_presets_dir) \;
+ 
+ # from https://stackoverflow.com/questions/30897170/ac-subst-does-not-expand-variable answer: https://stackoverflow.com/a/30960268
+ # ptomato https://stackoverflow.com/users/172999/ptomato
+-- 
+2.14.3
+
diff --git a/recipes-misc/recipes-multimedia/projectm/projectm_git.bb b/recipes-misc/recipes-multimedia/projectm/projectm_git.bb
index c2f09e53..309aea0d 100644
--- a/recipes-misc/recipes-multimedia/projectm/projectm_git.bb
+++ b/recipes-misc/recipes-multimedia/projectm/projectm_git.bb
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ SRC_URI = " \
     git://github.com/projectM-visualizer/projectm.git;name=projectm \
 	http://spiegelmc.com.s3.amazonaws.com/pub/projectm_presets.zip;name=presets \
     file://0001-find-native-qt-build-tools-by-configure-options-auto.patch \
+    file://0002-Makefile.am-Fix-installation-with-DESTDIR-set.patch \
 "
 SRCREV_projectm = "9650468607537a028e4d71523c5e88a81f506578"
 SRC_URI[presets.md5sum] = "8976d72c05e3f4ddee996c6f2e98fc63"