diff --git a/daemon/Makefile.am b/daemon/Makefile.am
index e5c5db82cd..00221ab5f5 100644
--- a/daemon/Makefile.am
+++ b/daemon/Makefile.am
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ## Process this file with automake to produce Makefile.in
 
-## Copyright (C) 2005-2013 Red Hat, Inc.
+## Copyright (C) 2005-2014 Red Hat, Inc.
 ##
 ## This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 ## modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ endif ! LIBVIRT_INIT_SCRIPT_UPSTART
 
 if LIBVIRT_INIT_SCRIPT_SYSTEMD
 
-SYSTEMD_UNIT_DIR = /lib/systemd/system
+SYSTEMD_UNIT_DIR = $(prefix)/lib/systemd/system
 BUILT_SOURCES += libvirtd.service
 
 install-init-systemd: install-sysconfig libvirtd.service
diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index 57e163fada..8f7765808e 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ## Process this file with automake to produce Makefile.in
 
-## Copyright (C) 2005-2013 Red Hat, Inc.
+## Copyright (C) 2005-2014 Red Hat, Inc.
 ##
 ## This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 ## modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
@@ -2220,7 +2220,7 @@ EXTRA_DIST += \
 if WITH_LIBVIRTD
 if LIBVIRT_INIT_SCRIPT_SYSTEMD
 
-SYSTEMD_UNIT_DIR = /lib/systemd/system
+SYSTEMD_UNIT_DIR = $(prefix)/lib/systemd/system
 
 BUILT_SOURCES += virtlockd.service virtlockd.socket
 DISTCLEANFILES += virtlockd.service virtlockd.socket
diff --git a/tools/Makefile.am b/tools/Makefile.am
index 256a8f37a2..6847f13cb8 100644
--- a/tools/Makefile.am
+++ b/tools/Makefile.am
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-## Copyright (C) 2005-2013 Red Hat, Inc.
+## Copyright (C) 2005-2014 Red Hat, Inc.
 ##
 ## This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 ## modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ libvirt-guests.init: libvirt-guests.init.in libvirt-guests.sh
 
 
 EXTRA_DIST += libvirt-guests.service.in
-SYSTEMD_UNIT_DIR = /lib/systemd/system
+SYSTEMD_UNIT_DIR = $(prefix)/lib/systemd/system
 
 if LIBVIRT_INIT_SCRIPT_SYSTEMD
 install-systemd: libvirt-guests.service install-sysconfig libvirt-guests.sh