Index: setup.py
--- setup.py.orig
+++ setup.py
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ for (pos, arg) in enumerate(args):
 DOCDIR = os.path.join('share','doc','getmail')
 GETMAILDOCDIR = os.path.join(datadir or prefix, DOCDIR)
 
-MANDIR = os.path.join('share','man','man1')
+MANDIR = os.path.join('man','man1')
 GETMAILMANDIR = os.path.join( datadir or prefix, MANDIR)
 
 if '--show-default-install-dirs' in args:
