diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index e41d58059..f5534779d 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -79,11 +79,12 @@ else
   pkg_prefix = option_pkg_prefix
 endif
 
-bindir = get_option('bindir')
-libdir = get_option('libdir')
-libexecdir = get_option('libexecdir')
-sbindir = get_option('sbindir')
-rc_libexecdir = get_option('prefix') / libexecdir / 'rc'
+bindir = get_option('prefix') / get_option('bindir')
+libdir = get_option('prefix') / get_option('libdir')
+pluginsdir = libdir / 'rc/plugins'
+libexecdir = get_option('prefix') / get_option('libexecdir')
+sbindir = get_option('prefix') / get_option('sbindir')
+rc_libexecdir = libexecdir / 'rc'
 rc_bindir = rc_libexecdir / 'bin'
 rc_sbindir = rc_libexecdir / 'sbin'
 rc_shdir = rc_libexecdir / 'sh'
@@ -221,7 +222,7 @@ if get_option('pkgconfig')
     libraries : librc,
     subdirs : ['openrc'],
     variables: {
-      'pluginsdir': get_option('prefix') / get_option('libdir') / 'rc/plugins',
+      'pluginsdir': pluginsdir,
     }
   )
 endif
diff --git a/src/librc/meson.build b/src/librc/meson.build
index 82aa46d05..c17588266 100644
--- a/src/librc/meson.build
+++ b/src/librc/meson.build
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 rc_h_conf_data = configuration_data()
-rc_h_conf_data.set('RC_LIBEXECDIR', get_option('prefix') / get_option('libexecdir') / 'rc')
-rc_h_conf_data.set('RC_PLUGINDIR', get_option('prefix') / libdir / 'rc/plugins' )
+rc_h_conf_data.set('RC_LIBEXECDIR', rc_libexecdir)
+rc_h_conf_data.set('RC_PLUGINDIR', pluginsdir)
 rc_h_conf_data.set('LOCAL_PREFIX', local_prefix)
 rc_h_conf_data.set('PKG_PREFIX', pkg_prefix)
 rc_h_conf_data.set('SYSCONFDIR', get_option('sysconfdir'))