diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1c4918f3348..715506b44a8 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ icu4c/source/tools/rbdump/Makefile
 icu4c/source/tools/rbdump/Release
 icu4c/source/tools/rbdump/pkgdata
 icu4c/source/tools/rbdump/tmp
-icu4c/source/tools/tmp
+icu4c/source/tools/tmp*
 icu4c/source/tools/toolutil/*.d
 icu4c/source/tools/toolutil/*.pdb
 icu4c/source/tools/toolutil/Debug
diff --git a/icu4c/source/tools/.cvsignore b/icu4c/source/tools/.cvsignore
index f6e5890a615..1a96246bbd3 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/tools/.cvsignore
+++ b/icu4c/source/tools/.cvsignore
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-tmp
+tmp*
 Debug
 Release
 Makefile
diff --git a/icu4c/source/tools/Makefile.in b/icu4c/source/tools/Makefile.in
index d4b670fc402..9badbe438e1 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/tools/Makefile.in
+++ b/icu4c/source/tools/Makefile.in
@@ -26,10 +26,12 @@ sbindir = @sbindir@
 datadir = @datadir@
 libdir = @libdir@
 includedir = @includedir@
+sysconfdir = @sysconfdir@
 
 pkgdatadir = $(datadir)/@PACKAGE@
 pkglibdir = $(libdir)/@PACKAGE@
 pkgincludedir = $(includedir)/@PACKAGE@
+pkgsysconfdir = $(sysconfdir)/@PACKAGE@
 
 ## Build directory information
 top_builddir = ..
@@ -159,7 +161,8 @@ DATAFILES=$(DATAFILESD) $(DATAFILESC) $(DATAFILESB) $(DATAFILESR)
 CLEANFILES = *~ $(BRK_FILES)
 
 install-udata: install-pkgdata
-	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(top_srcdir)/../data/convrtrs.txt $(DESTDIR)$(pkgdatadir)/$(VERSION)
+	$(MKINSTALLDIRS) $(DESTDIR)$(pkgsysconfdir)
+	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(top_srcdir)/../data/convrtrs.txt $(DESTDIR)$(pkgsysconfdir)
 
 install-local: all-local install-udata