diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 4942e0766557be3b5d67095fe0e9e4368ec76afb..f494f4614150c4ed388e5df92bf30f847ba31a8c 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1454,7 +1454,7 @@ AC_ARG_WITH([numad],
 if test "$with_numad" != "no" ; then
   fail=0
 
-  AC_PATH_PROG([NUMAD], [numad], [], [/bin:/usr/bin])
+  AC_PATH_PROG([NUMAD], [numad], [], [/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin])
 
   if test "$with_numad" = "check"; then
     test "$with_numactl" = "yes" || fail=1