diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 874b44638..c5e6d288f 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -539,6 +539,7 @@ AS_AC_EXPAND(LXCROOTFSMOUNT, "$with_rootfs_path")
 AS_AC_EXPAND(LXCTEMPLATEDIR, "$datadir/lxc/templates")
 AS_AC_EXPAND(LXCTEMPLATECONFIG, "$datadir/lxc/config")
 AS_AC_EXPAND(LXCHOOKDIR, "$datadir/lxc/hooks")
+AS_AC_EXPAND(LXCBINHOOKDIR, "$libexecdir/lxc/hooks")
 AS_AC_EXPAND(LXCINITDIR, "$libexecdir")
 AS_AC_EXPAND(LOGPATH, "$with_log_path")
 AS_AC_EXPAND(RUNTIME_PATH, "$with_runtime_path")
diff --git a/hooks/Makefile.am b/hooks/Makefile.am
index 499a2c4cf..23b85c8f3 100644
--- a/hooks/Makefile.am
+++ b/hooks/Makefile.am
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 hooksdir=@LXCHOOKDIR@
+binhooksdir=@LXCBINHOOKDIR@
 
 hooks_SCRIPTS = \
 	clonehostname \
@@ -6,7 +7,7 @@ hooks_SCRIPTS = \
 	ubuntu-cloud-prep \
 	squid-deb-proxy-client
 
-hooks_PROGRAMS = \
+binhooks_PROGRAMS = \
 	unmount-namespace
 
 unmount_namespace_SOURCES = \