diff --git a/MANIFEST b/MANIFEST
index b1f916c28..f775c29e4 100644
--- a/MANIFEST
+++ b/MANIFEST
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ etc/init.d/sudo.conf.in
 etc/sudo.pp
 examples/Makefile.in
 examples/pam.conf
-examples/sudo.conf
+examples/sudo.conf.in
 examples/sudo_logsrvd.conf
 examples/sudoers
 examples/syslog.conf
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 1ff27230a..0d601c6fe 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -27632,7 +27632,7 @@ elif test X"$TMPFILES_D" != X""; then
 
 fi
 
-ac_config_files="$ac_config_files Makefile doc/Makefile examples/Makefile include/Makefile lib/iolog/Makefile lib/logsrv/Makefile lib/util/Makefile lib/util/util.exp logsrvd/Makefile src/sudo_usage.h src/Makefile plugins/sample/Makefile plugins/group_file/Makefile plugins/system_group/Makefile plugins/sudoers/Makefile plugins/sudoers/sudoers"
+ac_config_files="$ac_config_files Makefile doc/Makefile examples/Makefile examples/sudo.conf include/Makefile lib/iolog/Makefile lib/logsrv/Makefile lib/util/Makefile lib/util/util.exp logsrvd/Makefile src/sudo_usage.h src/Makefile plugins/sample/Makefile plugins/group_file/Makefile plugins/system_group/Makefile plugins/sudoers/Makefile plugins/sudoers/sudoers"
 
 
 cat >confcache <<\_ACEOF
@@ -28631,6 +28631,7 @@ do
     "Makefile") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES Makefile" ;;
     "doc/Makefile") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES doc/Makefile" ;;
     "examples/Makefile") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES examples/Makefile" ;;
+    "examples/sudo.conf") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES examples/sudo.conf" ;;
     "include/Makefile") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES include/Makefile" ;;
     "lib/iolog/Makefile") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES lib/iolog/Makefile" ;;
     "lib/logsrv/Makefile") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES lib/logsrv/Makefile" ;;
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 3eea639da..832a7dfa3 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -4574,7 +4574,7 @@ elif test X"$TMPFILES_D" != X""; then
     AC_CONFIG_FILES([etc/init.d/sudo.conf])
 fi
 
-AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile doc/Makefile examples/Makefile include/Makefile lib/iolog/Makefile lib/logsrv/Makefile lib/util/Makefile lib/util/util.exp logsrvd/Makefile src/sudo_usage.h src/Makefile plugins/sample/Makefile plugins/group_file/Makefile plugins/system_group/Makefile plugins/sudoers/Makefile plugins/sudoers/sudoers])
+AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile doc/Makefile examples/Makefile examples/sudo.conf include/Makefile lib/iolog/Makefile lib/logsrv/Makefile lib/util/Makefile lib/util/util.exp logsrvd/Makefile src/sudo_usage.h src/Makefile plugins/sample/Makefile plugins/group_file/Makefile plugins/system_group/Makefile plugins/sudoers/Makefile plugins/sudoers/sudoers])
 
 AC_OUTPUT
 
diff --git a/examples/Makefile.in b/examples/Makefile.in
index c5e58b923..950f7f150 100644
--- a/examples/Makefile.in
+++ b/examples/Makefile.in
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ install_gid = 0
 
 SHELL = @SHELL@
 
-EXAMPLES = $(srcdir)/pam.conf $(srcdir)/sudo.conf $(srcdir)/sudoers \
+EXAMPLES = $(srcdir)/pam.conf sudo.conf $(srcdir)/sudoers \
 	   $(srcdir)/syslog.conf
  
 VERSION = @PACKAGE_VERSION@
@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ depend:
 Makefile: $(srcdir)/Makefile.in
 	cd $(top_builddir) && ./config.status --file examples/Makefile
 
+sudo.conf: $(srcdir)/sudo.conf.in
+	cd $(top_builddir) && ./config.status --file examples/sudo.conf
+
 pre-install:
 
 install: install-doc
diff --git a/examples/sudo.conf b/examples/sudo.conf.in
similarity index 95%
rename from examples/sudo.conf
rename to examples/sudo.conf.in
index c605bb5b5..3b044f35f 100644
--- a/examples/sudo.conf
+++ b/examples/sudo.conf.in
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #
 # Sudo plugins:
 #
-# The plugin_path is relative to ${prefix}/libexec unless fully qualified.
+# The plugin_path is relative to @plugindir@ unless fully qualified.
 # The plugin_name corresponds to a global symbol in the plugin
 #   that contains the plugin interface structure.
 # The plugin_options are optional.
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ Plugin sudoers_io sudoers.so
 # The compiled-in value is usually sufficient and should only be changed
 # if you rename or move the sudo_noexec.so file.
 #
-#Path noexec /usr/libexec/sudo_noexec.so
+#Path noexec @plugindir@/sudo_noexec.so
 
 #
 # Core dumps: