diff --git a/src/lxc/lxc-ls.in b/src/lxc/lxc-ls.in
index 5809ab31e..aa84887db 100644
--- a/src/lxc/lxc-ls.in
+++ b/src/lxc/lxc-ls.in
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-lxcpath=@prefix@/var/lxc
+lxcpath=@localstatedir@/lxc
 
 if [ ! -r $lxcpath ]; then
     exit 0
diff --git a/src/lxc/lxc-ps.in b/src/lxc/lxc-ps.in
index f4c197005..9c5bf83f7 100755
--- a/src/lxc/lxc-ps.in
+++ b/src/lxc/lxc-ps.in
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 # set -ex
-lxcpath=@prefix@/var/lxc
+lxcpath=@localstatedir@/lxc
 
 if [ ! -r $lxcpath ]; then
     exit 0