diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 0c8aa697f..20825393c 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -63,8 +63,8 @@ AS_AC_EXPAND(LXC_GENERATE_DATE, "$(date)")
 
 AC_SUBST(LXCPATH, "${with_config_path}")
 AC_SUBST(LXCROOTFSMOUNT, "${with_rootfs_path}")
-AC_SUBST(LXCINITDIR, ['${libexecdir}/lxc'])
-AC_SUBST(LXCTEMPLATEDIR, ['${libdir}/lxc/templates'])
+AC_SUBST(LXCINITDIR, ['${libexecdir}'])
+AC_SUBST(LXCTEMPLATEDIR, ['/usr/share/lxc/templates'])
 
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS([linux/unistd.h linux/netlink.h linux/genetlink.h],
 				  [],