--- configure.in
+++ configure.in
@@ -54,9 +54,9 @@
 
 AC_ARG_WITH([hald-script-dir],
 	    AS_HELP_STRING([--with-hald-script-dir=<dir>],
-	                   [Directory for HAL daemon scripts (default ${libdir}/hal/scripts)]))
+	                   [Directory for HAL daemon scripts (default ${libexecdir}/scripts)]))
 if test -z "$with_hald_script_dir" ; then
-    hald_scriptdir=${libdir}/hal/scripts
+    hald_scriptdir=${libexecdir}/scripts
 else
     hald_scriptdir=$with_hald_script_dir
 fi