diff --git a/src/librc/meson.build b/src/librc/meson.build
index 30caa1f3f..82aa46d05 100644
--- a/src/librc/meson.build
+++ b/src/librc/meson.build
@@ -1,11 +1,6 @@
 rc_h_conf_data = configuration_data()
-if rootprefix == '/'
-  rc_h_conf_data.set('PREFIX', '')
-  else
-  rc_h_conf_data.set('PREFIX', rootprefix)
-	endif
-rc_h_conf_data.set('LIB', libname)
-rc_h_conf_data.set('LIBEXECDIR', rc_libexecdir)
+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('LOCAL_PREFIX', local_prefix)
 rc_h_conf_data.set('PKG_PREFIX', pkg_prefix)
 rc_h_conf_data.set('SYSCONFDIR', get_option('sysconfdir'))
diff --git a/src/librc/rc.h.in b/src/librc/rc.h.in
index d90943b65..7f4ac0c05 100644
--- a/src/librc/rc.h.in
+++ b/src/librc/rc.h.in
@@ -22,13 +22,9 @@
 extern "C" {
 #endif
 
-#define RC_PREFIX "@PREFIX@"
 #define RC_SYSCONFDIR		"@SYSCONFDIR@"
-#define RC_LIBDIR               "@PREFIX@/@LIB@/rc"
-#define RC_LIBEXECDIR           "@LIBEXECDIR@"
-#if defined(PREFIX)
-#define RC_SVCDIR               RC_LIBEXECDIR "/init.d"
-#elif defined(__linux__) || (defined(__FreeBSD_kernel__) && \
+#define RC_LIBEXECDIR           "@RC_LIBEXECDIR@"
+#if defined(__linux__) || (defined(__FreeBSD_kernel__) && \
 		defined(__GLIBC__)) || defined(__GNU__)
 #define RC_SVCDIR               "/run/openrc"
 #else
@@ -37,7 +33,7 @@ extern "C" {
 #define RC_RUNLEVELDIR          RC_SYSCONFDIR "/runlevels"
 #define RC_INITDIR              RC_SYSCONFDIR "/init.d"
 #define RC_CONFDIR              RC_SYSCONFDIR "/conf.d"
-#define RC_PLUGINDIR            RC_LIBDIR "/plugins"
+#define RC_PLUGINDIR            "@RC_PLUGINDIR@"
 
 #define RC_INIT_FIFO RC_SVCDIR"/init.ctl"
 #define RC_PROFILE_ENV     RC_SYSCONFDIR "/profile.env"