diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 86d999173..0bdb35aa6 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ datadir=$(datarootdir)
 exec_prefix=$(prefix)
 bindir=$(exec_prefix)/bin
 
-DATA_PATH=$(datadir)/attract/
+DATA_PATH:=$(datadir)/attract/
 EXE_BASE=attract
 EXE_EXT=
 OBJ_DIR=obj
diff --git a/util/osx/create-pkg.sh b/util/osx/create-pkg.sh
index f63ac80e0..627b90504 100755
--- a/util/osx/create-pkg.sh
+++ b/util/osx/create-pkg.sh
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ NPROC=$(getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN)
 LLIMIT=$(awk 'BEGIN{printf"%.1f",'${NPROC}'/2}')
 
 make -C .. clean
-eval make -C .. -j${NPROC} -l${LLIMIT} ${MAKEOPTS} $@
+eval make -C .. -j${NPROC} -l${LLIMIT} ${MAKEOPTS} DATA_PATH=../config/ $@
 ### end: make
 
 function finish {