diff --git a/install.pl b/install.pl
index df39665..a65c0cf 100755
--- a/install.pl
+++ b/install.pl
@@ -86,6 +86,13 @@ my %links = (
 	gdbinit => '.gdbinit',
 );
 
+my $contained = (substr $scriptdir, 0, length($home)) eq $home;
+my $prefix = undef;
+if ($contained) {
+	$prefix = substr $scriptdir, length($home);
+	($prefix) = $prefix =~ m{^\/? (.+)? [^/]+ $}x;
+}
+
 my $i = 0; # Keep track of how many links we added
 for my $file (keys %links) {
 	# See if this file resides in a directory, and create it if needed.
@@ -108,6 +115,15 @@ for my $file (keys %links) {
 		unlink($dest) || warn "Couldn't unlink '$dest': $!\n";
 	}
 
+	if ($contained) {
+		chdir $home;
+		$dest = "$links{$file}";
+		$src = "$prefix$file";
+		if ($path) {
+			$src = "../$src";
+		}
+	}
+
 	symlink($src => $dest) ? $i++ : warn "Couldn't link '$src' to '$dest': $!\n";
 }