diff --git a/src/lxc/lxc_conf.c b/src/lxc/lxc_conf.c
index de059bd8b52da244d33beb06360f03eba38a977b..74dc3674765130e35114eedd3b7294188bc74c86 100644
--- a/src/lxc/lxc_conf.c
+++ b/src/lxc/lxc_conf.c
@@ -102,6 +102,9 @@ int lxcLoadDriverConfig(lxc_driver_t *driver)
         goto no_memory;
     if ((driver->logDir = strdup(LXC_LOG_DIR)) == NULL)
         goto no_memory;
+    if ((driver->autostartDir = strdup(LXC_AUTOSTART_DIR)) == NULL)
+        goto no_memory;
+
 
     if ((filename = strdup(SYSCONF_DIR "/libvirt/lxc.conf")) == NULL)
         goto no_memory;
diff --git a/src/lxc/lxc_conf.h b/src/lxc/lxc_conf.h
index 6e4c8553cccbf57784a900e802a3d4ed0e2e7641..499617fb648b475fdf7020274d841c1740058b29 100644
--- a/src/lxc/lxc_conf.h
+++ b/src/lxc/lxc_conf.h
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 #define LXC_CONFIG_DIR SYSCONF_DIR "/libvirt/lxc"
 #define LXC_STATE_DIR LOCAL_STATE_DIR "/run/libvirt/lxc"
 #define LXC_LOG_DIR LOCAL_STATE_DIR "/log/libvirt/lxc"
+#define LXC_AUTOSTART_DIR LXC_CONFIG_DIR "/autostart"
 
 typedef struct __lxc_driver lxc_driver_t;
 struct __lxc_driver {