diff --git a/Configure b/Configure
index a6310366ce971a6af825dda56f098d07925b1115..75b855841334e9b6befaea9afc95727e6df61159 100755
--- a/Configure
+++ b/Configure
@@ -578,6 +578,8 @@ foreach (@argvcopy)
 		if (/^--prefix=(.*)$/)
 			{
 			$config{prefix}=$1;
+			die "Directory given with --prefix MUST be absolute\n"
+				unless file_name_is_absolute($config{prefix});
 			}
 		elsif (/^--api=(.*)$/)
 			{
@@ -813,11 +815,6 @@ my $make	= $ENV{'MAKE'} || "make";
 $config{cross_compile_prefix} = $ENV{'CROSS_COMPILE'}
     if $config{cross_compile_prefix} eq "";
 
-$config{prefix} = "/usr/local" if !$config{prefix};
-$config{openssldir} = "ssl" if !$config{openssldir};
-$config{openssldir} = catdir($config{prefix}, $config{openssldir})
-    unless file_name_is_absolute($config{openssldir});
-
 # Allow environment CC to override compiler...
 $target{cc} = $ENV{CC} || $target{cc};
 
@@ -850,15 +847,6 @@ $target{build_scheme} = [ $target{build_scheme} ]
 my ($builder, $builder_platform, @builder_opts) =
     @{$target{build_scheme}};
 
-# if $config{prefix}/lib$target{multilib} is not an existing directory, then
-# assume that it's not searched by linker automatically, in
-# which case adding $target{multilib} suffix causes more grief than
-# we're ready to tolerate, so don't...
-$target{multilib}="" if !-d "$config{prefix}/lib$target{multilib}";
-
-$config{libdir}="lib$target{multilib}" if $config{libdir} eq "";
-$config{enginesdir}=$config{prefix} . "/" . $config{libdir}  . "/engines";
-
 push @{$config{defines}},
     map { (my $x = $_) =~ s/^OPENSSL_NO_/OPENSSL_EXPERIMENTAL_/; $x }
         @{$config{openssl_experimental_defines}};
@@ -1007,19 +995,6 @@ if ($builder ne "mk1mf")
 #
 # Platform fix-ups
 #
-# Unlike other OSes (like Solaris, Linux, Tru64, IRIX) BSD run-time
-# linkers (tested OpenBSD, NetBSD and FreeBSD) "demand" RPATH set on
-# .so objects. Apparently application RPATH is not global and does
-# not apply to .so linked with other .so. Problem manifests itself
-# when libssl.so fails to load libcrypto.so. One can argue that we
-# should engrave this into Makefile.shared rules or into BSD-* config
-# lines above. Meanwhile let's try to be cautious and pass -rpath to
-# linker only when --prefix is not /usr.
-if ($target =~ /^BSD-/)
-	{
-	$target{shared_ldflag}.=" -Wl,-rpath,\$\$(LIBRPATH)" if ($config{prefix} !~ m|^/usr[/]*$|);
-	}
-
 if ($target{sys_id} ne "")
 	{
 	push @{$config{openssl_sys_defines}}, "OPENSSL_SYS_$target{sys_id}";
diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index eeea0057baefc8dce02ba2cb99feb6bdaa9d2933..44362d0a96066d81c35e9a8590a75db1f5adde7f 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -28,8 +28,38 @@ INSTALL_PREFIX={- $config{install_prefix} -}
 
 # Do not edit these manually. Use Configure with --prefix or --openssldir
 # to change this!  Short explanation in the top comment in Configure
-INSTALLTOP={- $config{prefix} -}
-OPENSSLDIR={- $config{openssldir} -}
+INSTALLTOP={- # $prefix is used in the OPENSSLDIR perl snippet
+	      #
+	      our $prefix = $config{prefix} || "/usr/local";
+              $prefix -}
+OPENSSLDIR={- #
+	      # The logic here is that if no --openssldir was given,
+	      # OPENSSLDIR will get the value from $prefix plus "/ssl".
+	      # If --openssldir was given and the value is an absolute
+	      # path, OPENSSLDIR will get its value without change.
+	      # If the value from --openssldir is a relative path,
+	      # OPENSSLDIR will get $prefix with the --openssldir
+	      # value appended as a subdirectory.
+	      #
+              use File::Spec::Functions;
+              our $openssldir =
+                  $config{openssldir} ?
+                      (file_name_is_absolute($config{openssldir}) ?
+                           $config{openssldir}
+                           : catdir($prefix, $config{openssldir}))
+                      : catdir($prefix, "ssl");
+              $openssldir -}
+LIBDIR={- #
+          # if $prefix/lib$target{multilib} is not an existing
+          # directory, then assume that it's not searched by linker
+          # automatically, in which case adding $target{multilib} suffix
+          # causes more grief than we're ready to tolerate, so don't...
+          our $multilib =
+              -d "$prefix/lib$target{multilib}" ? $target{multilib} : "";
+          our $libdir = $config{libdir} || "lib$multilib";
+          $libdir -}
+ENGINESDIR={- use File::Spec::Functions;
+              catdir($prefix,$libdir,"engines") -}
 
 # NO_IDEA - Define to build without the IDEA algorithm
 # NO_RC4  - Define to build without the RC4 algorithm
@@ -60,7 +90,7 @@ OPENSSLDIR={- $config{openssldir} -}
 
 CROSS_COMPILE= {- $config{cross_compile_prefix} -}
 CC= $(CROSS_COMPILE){- $target{cc} -}
-CFLAG={- join(" ",map { "-D".$_} @{$config{defines}}) -} {- $config{cflags} -}
+CFLAG={- join(" ",(map { "-D".$_} @{$config{defines}}),"-DOPENSSLDIR=\"\\\"\$(OPENSSLDIR)\\\"\"","-DENGINESDIR=\"\\\"\$(ENGINESDIR)\\\"\"") -} {- $config{cflags} -}
 DEPFLAG= {- join(" ",map { "-D".$_} @{$config{depdefines}}) -}
 LDFLAG= {- $config{lflags} -}
 PLIB_LDFLAG= {- $config{plib_lflags} -}
@@ -75,7 +105,7 @@ PERL= {- $config{perl} -}
 RM= rm -f
 TAR= tar
 TARFLAGS= --no-recursion
-LIBDIR={- $config{libdir} -}
+MAKEDEPPROG=$(CROSS_COMPILE){- $config{makedepprog} -}
 
 # We let the C compiler driver to take care of .s files. This is done in
 # order to be excused from maintaining a separate set of architecture
@@ -160,7 +190,20 @@ LIBS=   libcrypto.a libssl.a
 SHARED_CRYPTO=libcrypto$(SHLIB_EXT)
 SHARED_SSL=libssl$(SHLIB_EXT)
 SHARED_LIBS={- '$(SHARED_CRYPTO) $(SHARED_SSL)' if (!$config{no_shared}) -}
-SHARED_LDFLAG={- $target{shared_ldflag} -}
+SHARED_LDFLAG={- $target{shared_ldflag}
+                 # Unlike other OSes (like Solaris, Linux, Tru64,
+                 # IRIX) BSD run-time linkers (tested OpenBSD, NetBSD
+                 # and FreeBSD) "demand" RPATH set on .so objects.
+                 # Apparently application RPATH is not global and
+                 # does not apply to .so linked with other .so.
+                 # Problem manifests itself when libssl.so fails to
+                 # load libcrypto.so. One can argue that we should
+                 # engrave this into Makefile.shared rules or into
+                 # BSD-* config lines above. Meanwhile let's try to
+                 # be cautious and pass -rpath to linker only when
+                 # $prefix is not /usr.
+                 . ($config{target} =~ m|^BSD-| && $prefix !~ m|^/usr/.*$|
+                    ? " -Wl,-rpath,\$\$(LIBRPATH)" : "") -}
 
 GENERAL=        Makefile
 BASENAME=       openssl
diff --git a/crypto/engine/eng_list.c b/crypto/engine/eng_list.c
index cd6757f44304ee0e1fcf7112f2f3a52e4a2e569d..8ca1f80041de180353e5589440d8b41557a4d795 100644
--- a/crypto/engine/eng_list.c
+++ b/crypto/engine/eng_list.c
@@ -355,13 +355,8 @@ ENGINE *ENGINE_by_id(const char *id)
      * Prevent infinite recursion if we're looking for the dynamic engine.
      */
     if (strcmp(id, "dynamic")) {
-# ifdef OPENSSL_SYS_VMS
-        if ((load_dir = getenv("OPENSSL_ENGINES")) == 0)
-            load_dir = "SSLROOT:[ENGINES]";
-# else
         if ((load_dir = getenv("OPENSSL_ENGINES")) == 0)
             load_dir = ENGINESDIR;
-# endif
         iterator = ENGINE_by_id("dynamic");
         if (!iterator || !ENGINE_ctrl_cmd_string(iterator, "ID", id, 0) ||
             !ENGINE_ctrl_cmd_string(iterator, "DIR_LOAD", "2", 0) ||
diff --git a/include/openssl/opensslconf.h.in b/include/openssl/opensslconf.h.in
index c22209bdc3271e8a66292d632cca38856adf49b5..d9f64292caa339967550ab2e37b7dcfef075e934 100644
--- a/include/openssl/opensslconf.h.in
+++ b/include/openssl/opensslconf.h.in
@@ -123,13 +123,6 @@ EOF
 /* Generate 80386 code? */
 {- $config{processor} eq "386" ? "#define" : "#undef" -} I386_ONLY
 
-#if !defined(VMS) && !defined(__VMS) /* VMS uses logical names instead */
-# if defined(HEADER_CRYPTLIB_H) && !defined(OPENSSLDIR)
-#  define ENGINESDIR {- quotify1($config{enginesdir}) -}
-#  define OPENSSLDIR {- quotify1($config{openssldir}) -}
-# endif
-#endif
-
 #undef OPENSSL_UNISTD
 #define OPENSSL_UNISTD {- $target{unistd} -}