diff --git a/etc/distrenslave.conf b/etc/distrenslave.conf.in
copy from etc/distrenslave.conf
copy to etc/distrenslave.conf.in
--- a/etc/distrenslave.conf
+++ b/etc/distrenslave.conf.in
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ slave
 
 include("distrencommon.conf")
 
-datadir = "/var/lib/distren"
+datadir = "@LOCALSTATEDIR@/@PACKAGE@"