diff --git a/config/Makefile.am b/config/Makefile.am
index 47f27505e..81d770921 100644
--- a/config/Makefile.am
+++ b/config/Makefile.am
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 configdir = $(sysconfdir)/lxc
 config_DATA = default.conf
-defaultconf = @LXC_DEFAULT_CONF@
+distroconf = @LXC_DISTRO_CONF@
 
 EXTRA_DIST = default.conf.ubuntu default.conf.libvirt default.conf.unknown
 
 default.conf:
-	cp $(defaultconf) $@
+	cp $(distroconf) $@
 
 clean-local:
 	@$(RM) -f default.conf
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index d802406cf..65751ce3c 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -39,14 +39,14 @@ if test "z$with_distro" = "z"; then
 fi
 case $with_distro in
 	ubuntu)
-		defaultconf=default.conf.ubuntu
+		distroconf=default.conf.ubuntu
 		;;
 	redhat|fedora|oracle|oracleserver)
-		defaultconf=default.conf.libvirt
+		distroconf=default.conf.libvirt
 		;;
 	*)
 		echo -n "Linux distribution network config unknown, defaulting to lxc.network.type = empty"
-		defaultconf=default.conf.unknown
+		distroconf=default.conf.unknown
 		;;
 esac
 AC_MSG_RESULT([$with_distro])
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ AS_AC_EXPAND(SYSCONFDIR, "$sysconfdir")
 AS_AC_EXPAND(DATADIR, "$datadir")
 AS_AC_EXPAND(LOCALSTATEDIR, "$localstatedir")
 AS_AC_EXPAND(DOCDIR, "$docdir")
-AS_AC_EXPAND(LXC_DEFAULT_CONF, "$defaultconf")
+AS_AC_EXPAND(LXC_DISTRO_CONF, "$distroconf")
 AS_AC_EXPAND(LXC_GENERATE_DATE, "$(date)")
 AS_AC_EXPAND(LXCPATH, "$with_config_path")
 AS_AC_EXPAND(LXC_GLOBAL_CONF, "$with_global_conf")