diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 9b3146d..b3c0630 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-PREFIX=/usr/local
-VERSION=$(shell git describe)-$(shell date -u +%Y%m%d.%H%M%S)
+PREFIX=${DESTDIR}/usr
+VERSION=v0.7.8-$(shell date -u +%Y%m%d.%H%M%S)
 export GOPATH=$(shell pwd)/_build
 GOBUILD=go build -ldflags "-X main.Version=${VERSION}"
 PKG=gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-workhorse