diff --git a/gstlal-inspiral/debian/gstlal-inspiral-dev.install b/gstlal-inspiral/debian/gstlal-inspiral-dev.install
index 29d6028b3fdc18062d1986584007d3f930216ba4..8f16a276952d174d769a908d836d8df53354164b 100644
--- a/gstlal-inspiral/debian/gstlal-inspiral-dev.install
+++ b/gstlal-inspiral/debian/gstlal-inspiral-dev.install
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-usr/lib/*a
-usr/lib/*.so
-usr/lib/pkgconfig/*
-usr/lib/gstreamer-*/*a
+usr/lib/*/*a
+usr/lib/*/*.so
+usr/lib/*/pkgconfig/*
+usr/lib/*/gstreamer-*/*a
 usr/include/*
diff --git a/gstlal-inspiral/debian/gstlal-inspiral.install b/gstlal-inspiral/debian/gstlal-inspiral.install
index 46c75f031f3e104cdd811e4e1c89f502dc082105..3ce97674888d104ccc174a12087754de1921a987 100644
--- a/gstlal-inspiral/debian/gstlal-inspiral.install
+++ b/gstlal-inspiral/debian/gstlal-inspiral.install
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 usr/bin/*
-usr/lib/*.so.*
-usr/lib/gstreamer-*/*.so*
-#usr/lib/gstreamer-*/python/*
-usr/lib/python*/*/gstlal
+usr/lib/*/*.so.*
+usr/lib/*/gstreamer-*/*.so*
+#usr/lib/*/gstreamer-*/python/*
+usr/lib/*/python*/*/gstlal
 usr/share/gstlal/*
diff --git a/gstlal-ugly/debian/gstlal-ugly-dev.install b/gstlal-ugly/debian/gstlal-ugly-dev.install
index 99ce58392fa0876d103e17a10095c290fdd36274..81f3a3f91507a271dd2d5e838a28c8686c573a57 100644
--- a/gstlal-ugly/debian/gstlal-ugly-dev.install
+++ b/gstlal-ugly/debian/gstlal-ugly-dev.install
@@ -1 +1 @@
-usr/lib/gstreamer-*/*a
+usr/lib/*/gstreamer-*/*a
diff --git a/gstlal-ugly/debian/gstlal-ugly.install b/gstlal-ugly/debian/gstlal-ugly.install
index bc33ec5e568502afd10c2e74d0f19ebdea3e1973..230fed4ff5344ffdd978927f2e2444b79dec6c28 100644
--- a/gstlal-ugly/debian/gstlal-ugly.install
+++ b/gstlal-ugly/debian/gstlal-ugly.install
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 usr/bin/*
-usr/lib/gstreamer-*/*.so*
-#usr/lib/gstreamer-*/python/*
-usr/lib/python*/*/gstlal
+usr/lib/*/gstreamer-*/*.so*
+#usr/lib/*/gstreamer-*/python/*
+usr/lib/*/python*/*/gstlal
 usr/share/gstlal/*
diff --git a/gstlal/debian/gstlal-dev.install b/gstlal/debian/gstlal-dev.install
index 15e69aacbfa7a9efac2aae9e5d43ff0ec15e468b..b3bd2fb7b755c6acc45df99d07220d385607b960 100644
--- a/gstlal/debian/gstlal-dev.install
+++ b/gstlal/debian/gstlal-dev.install
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-usr/lib/*a
-usr/lib/*.so
-usr/lib/pkgconfig
-usr/lib/gstreamer-*/*a
+usr/lib/*/*a
+usr/lib/*/*.so
+usr/lib/*/pkgconfig
+usr/lib/*/gstreamer-*/*a
 usr/include
diff --git a/gstlal/debian/gstlal.install b/gstlal/debian/gstlal.install
index 220f136b88d3381c65ecda319a27ec2583aec470..e4bd373f57250432e1a9431fabbf42ca61510d67 100644
--- a/gstlal/debian/gstlal.install
+++ b/gstlal/debian/gstlal.install
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 usr/bin/*
-usr/lib/*.so.*
-usr/lib/girepository-*/*
-usr/lib/gstreamer-*/*.so*
-usr/lib/gstreamer-*/python*/*
-usr/lib/python*/*/gstlal
+usr/lib/*/*.so.*
+usr/lib/*/girepository-*/*
+usr/lib/*/gstreamer-*/*.so*
+usr/lib/*/gstreamer-*/python*/*
+usr/lib/*/python*/*/gstlal
 usr/share/gir-*/*
 usr/share/gstlal
 usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gstlal-*