diff --git a/lib/ExtUtils/MM_Any.pm b/lib/ExtUtils/MM_Any.pm
index 78cfa4345..6d40bc4ff 100644
--- a/lib/ExtUtils/MM_Any.pm
+++ b/lib/ExtUtils/MM_Any.pm
@@ -1935,6 +1935,8 @@ sub init_INST {
     $self->{INST_ARCHAUTODIR} = $self->catdir('$(INST_ARCHLIB)', 'auto',
                                               '$(FULLEXT)');
 
+    $self->{INST_SHARE}   ||= $self->catdir('$(INST_LIB)', 'auto', 'share');
+
     $self->{INST_SCRIPT}  ||= $self->catdir($Curdir,'blib','script');
 
     $self->{INST_MAN1DIR} ||= $self->catdir($Curdir,'blib','man1');
@@ -2974,9 +2976,9 @@ sub sharedir {
 	return '' unless %share;
 
 	my %files;
-	$self->_sharedir_find_files(\%files, $share{dist}, File::Spec->catdir('$(INST_LIB)', qw(auto share dist), '$(DISTNAME)'), \%share) if $share{dist};
+	$self->_sharedir_find_files(\%files, $share{dist}, [qw/ $(INST_SHARE) dist $(DISTNAME) /], \%share) if $share{dist};
 	for my $module (keys %{ $share{module} || {} }) {
-		my $destination = File::Spec->catdir('$(INST_LIB)', qw(auto share module), $module);
+		my $destination = [ qw/$(INST_SHARE) module/, $module ];
 		$self->_sharedir_find_files(\%files, $share{module}{$module}, $destination, \%share);
 	}
 	my $pm_to_blib = $self->oneliner(q{pm_to_blib({@ARGV}, '$(INST_LIB)')}, ['-MExtUtils::Install']);
@@ -2992,7 +2994,8 @@ sub _sharedir_find_files {
 				return;
 			}
 			return if $options->{skip_dotfile} && /^\./;
-			$files->{$_} = $self->catfile($sink, $_);
+			my $file = $self->abs2rel($_, $source);
+			$files->{$_} = $self->catfile(@{$sink}, $file);
 		},
 		no_chdir => 1,
 	}, $source);
diff --git a/lib/ExtUtils/MM_Unix.pm b/lib/ExtUtils/MM_Unix.pm
index fe385984f..f8d5f5adc 100644
--- a/lib/ExtUtils/MM_Unix.pm
+++ b/lib/ExtUtils/MM_Unix.pm
@@ -510,6 +510,7 @@ INST_ARCHLIBDIR  = $self->{INST_ARCHLIBDIR}
 
 INST_AUTODIR     = $self->{INST_AUTODIR}
 INST_ARCHAUTODIR = $self->{INST_ARCHAUTODIR}
+INST_SHARE       = $self->{INST_SHARE}
 
 INST_STATIC      = $self->{INST_STATIC}
 INST_DYNAMIC     = $self->{INST_DYNAMIC}
diff --git a/t/sharedir.t b/t/sharedir.t
index 732a4d440..2199020cb 100644
--- a/t/sharedir.t
+++ b/t/sharedir.t
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ SKIP: {
     run_ok('make');
     run_ok('make', 'install');
 
-	my $dir = catdir($install, qw/lib perl5 auto share dist TestDist share/);
+	my $dir = catdir($install, qw/lib perl5 auto share dist TestDist/);
 	ok(-d $dir, 'Sharedir has been created');
 	ok(-e catfile($dir, 'normalfile'), 'File in sharedir has been created');
     ok(-e catfile($dir, qw/dots .dotdir .dotfile/), 'A dotfile in a dotdir installed');