diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/leveldb/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/leveldb/package.py
index 75b7b9411e4..2f649f49691 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/leveldb/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/leveldb/package.py
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ def install(self, spec, prefix):
         for library in libraries:
             install(library, prefix.lib)
 
-        install_tree('include/leveldb', prefix.include)
+        install_tree('include', prefix.include)
 
         with open(join_path(prefix.lib, 'pkgconfig', 'leveldb.pc'), 'w') as f:
             f.write('prefix={0}\n'.format(prefix))