diff --git a/scripts/gentls_cert.in b/scripts/gentls_cert.in
index 49b3940d5d..43aa8ac605 100644
--- a/scripts/gentls_cert.in
+++ b/scripts/gentls_cert.in
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-CONFDIR=@prefix@/conf/ssl
+CONFDIR=@certsdir@
 DAYS=2190
 KEY_SIZE=2048
 export KEY_SIZE=${KEY_SIZE}