diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 8cafa452d..8c30efcfe 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -762,6 +762,14 @@ if test x$enable_rust != xno; then
   RUST_LIBS="-lrustzcash"
 fi
 
+# Gitian uses a config.site that sets depends_prefix, and then sets --prefix=/
+# build.sh just uses --prefix
+if test x$depends_prefix != x; then
+  LIBSNARK_DEPINST="$depends_prefix"
+else
+  LIBSNARK_DEPINST="$prefix"
+fi
+
 LIBZCASH_LIBS="-lgmp -lgmpxx -lboost_system-mt -lcrypto -lsodium -fopenmp $RUST_LIBS"
 
 CXXFLAGS_TEMP="$CXXFLAGS"
@@ -897,7 +905,7 @@ AC_SUBST(TESTDEFS)
 AC_SUBST(LEVELDB_TARGET_FLAGS)
 AC_SUBST(GMP_LIBS)
 AC_SUBST(GMPXX_LIBS)
-AC_SUBST(LIBSNARK_LIBS)
+AC_SUBST(LIBSNARK_DEPINST)
 AC_SUBST(LIBZCASH_LIBS)
 AC_SUBST(PROTON_LIBS)
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile src/Makefile doc/man/Makefile share/setup.nsi src/test/buildenv.py])
diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index e9f10232c..ea745a1f7 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -49,10 +49,10 @@ LIBSNARK_CXXFLAGS = -fPIC -DBINARY_OUTPUT -DNO_PT_COMPRESSION=1
 LIBSNARK_CONFIG_FLAGS = CURVE=ALT_BN128 MULTICORE=1 NO_PROCPS=1 NO_DOCS=1 STATIC=1 NO_SUPERCOP=1 FEATUREFLAGS=-DMONTGOMERY_OUTPUT NO_COPY_DEPINST=1
 
 $(LIBSNARK): $(wildcard snark/src/*)
-	$(AM_V_at) CXXFLAGS="$(LIBSNARK_CXXFLAGS)" $(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) -C snark/ install PREFIX=$(srcdir)/build DEPINST=$(prefix) $(LIBSNARK_CONFIG_FLAGS) OPTFLAGS="-O2 -march=x86-64"
+	$(AM_V_at) CXXFLAGS="$(LIBSNARK_CXXFLAGS)" $(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) -C snark/ install PREFIX=$(srcdir)/build DEPINST="$(LIBSNARK_DEPINST)" $(LIBSNARK_CONFIG_FLAGS) OPTFLAGS="-O2 -march=x86-64"
 
 libsnark-tests: $(wildcard snark/src/*)
-	$(AM_V_at) CXXFLAGS="$(LIBSNARK_CXXFLAGS)" $(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) -C snark/ check PREFIX=$(srcdir)/build DEPINST=$(prefix) $(LIBSNARK_CONFIG_FLAGS) OPTFLAGS="-O2 -march=x86-64"
+	$(AM_V_at) CXXFLAGS="$(LIBSNARK_CXXFLAGS)" $(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) -C snark/ check PREFIX=$(srcdir)/build DEPINST="$(LIBSNARK_DEPINST)" $(LIBSNARK_CONFIG_FLAGS) OPTFLAGS="-O2 -march=x86-64"
 
 $(LIBUNIVALUE): $(wildcard univalue/lib/*)
 	$(AM_V_at)$(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) -C univalue/