diff --git a/src/remote/remote_driver.h b/src/remote/remote_driver.h
index da353f354636afb66d592204ba46a50077e0c2a3..912f0f8b514246397ca7f5a0f5aa9f8c528629bb 100644
--- a/src/remote/remote_driver.h
+++ b/src/remote/remote_driver.h
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ unsigned long remoteVersion(void);
 # define LIBVIRTD_PRIV_UNIX_SOCKET LOCALSTATEDIR "/run/libvirt/libvirt-sock"
 # define LIBVIRTD_PRIV_UNIX_SOCKET_RO LOCALSTATEDIR "/run/libvirt/libvirt-sock-ro"
 # define LIBVIRTD_USER_UNIX_SOCKET "libvirt-sock"
-# define LIBVIRTD_CONFIGURATION_FILE SYSCONFDIR "/libvirtd.conf"
+# define LIBVIRTD_CONFIGURATION_FILE SYSCONFDIR "/libvirt/libvirtd.conf"
 
 /* Defaults for PKI directory. */
 # define LIBVIRT_PKI_DIR SYSCONFDIR "/pki"