diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index e8fade6..b6fee0e 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ AC_DEFINE_DIR(SBINPATH, sbindir, [Fully evaluated sbin directory])
 AC_DEFINE_DIR(ETCPATH, sysconfdir, [Fulle evaluated etc directory])
 AC_DEFINE_DIR(STATEFILESPATH, prefix/var/lib, [Path for persistent state files])
 
+AC_DEFINE_DIR(PREFIXPATH, prefix, [Fully expaneded installation prefix])
+
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([services/sigkill])
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([services/sigterm])
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([services/sysfs])
diff --git a/syslogd/logfile.c b/syslogd/logfile.c
index 606db8e..6479bb5 100644
--- a/syslogd/logfile.c
+++ b/syslogd/logfile.c
@@ -25,10 +25,11 @@
 #include <errno.h>
 
 #include "backend.h"
+#include "config.h"
 #include "util.h"
 
 
-#define SYSLOG_PATH "/var/log"
+#define SYSLOG_PATH PREFIXPATH "/var/log"
 
 
 static const enum_map_t levels[] = {
diff --git a/syslogd/main.c b/syslogd/main.c
index 7a466d6..e89b287 100644
--- a/syslogd/main.c
+++ b/syslogd/main.c
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 #include "util.h"
 
 
-#define SYSLOG_SOCKET "/dev/log"
+#define SYSLOG_SOCKET PREFIXPATH "/dev/log"
 
 #define GPL_URL "https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html"