diff --git a/librz/util/version.c b/librz/util/version.c
index 989f48ba09..4dc3993626 100644
--- a/librz/util/version.c
+++ b/librz/util/version.c
@@ -20,7 +20,12 @@
  * \return The saved git commit hash as a string, or NULL if it's not available.
  */
 RZ_API RZ_OWN char *rz_version_gittip() {
-	char *gittip_pathname = rz_str_newf("%s" RZ_SYS_DIR "gittip", rz_path_bindir());
+	char *datadir = rz_path_system(RZ_DATADIR);
+	if (!datadir) {
+		return NULL;
+	}
+	char *gittip_pathname = rz_file_path_join(datadir, "gittip");
+	free(datadir);
 	if (!gittip_pathname) {
 		return NULL;
 	}
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index f3b61fde2a..f2db5b6b15 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -525,7 +525,7 @@ if git_exe.found() and fs.exists('.git')
     output: 'gittip',
     command: [py3_exe, git_exe_repo_py, git_exe, repo, 'rev-parse', 'HEAD'],
     install: true,
-    install_dir: rizin_bindir
+    install_dir: rizin_datdir_rz
   )
 endif