diff --git a/Configure b/Configure
index 074e44adf6ea6492442e1a6f317566386902c67d..4c5c2e2cd5fef64cca1d533157fc5cba4945e103 100755
--- a/Configure
+++ b/Configure
@@ -1438,6 +1438,8 @@ while (<IN>)
 	{
 	if	(/^#define\s+OPENSSLDIR/)
 		{ print OUT "#define OPENSSLDIR \"$openssldir\"\n"; }
+	elsif	(/^#define\s+ENGINESDIR/)
+		{ print OUT "#define ENGINESDIR \"$prefix/lib/engines\"\n"; }
 	elsif	(/^#((define)|(undef))\s+OPENSSL_EXPORT_VAR_AS_FUNCTION/)
 		{ printf OUT "#undef OPENSSL_EXPORT_VAR_AS_FUNCTION\n"
 			if $export_var_as_fn;
diff --git a/Makefile.org b/Makefile.org
index d9c07cdc5927091c49e5a6f2bc6f56295e65d880..b64bf33da17870daf0442b02507deef829a48ae8 100644
--- a/Makefile.org
+++ b/Makefile.org
@@ -496,9 +496,9 @@ dist_pem_h:
 install: all install_docs
 	@$(PERL) $(TOP)/util/mkdir-p.pl $(INSTALL_PREFIX)$(INSTALLTOP)/bin \
 		$(INSTALL_PREFIX)$(INSTALLTOP)/lib \
+		$(INSTALL_PREFIX)$(INSTALLTOP)/lib/engines \
 		$(INSTALL_PREFIX)$(INSTALLTOP)/lib/pkgconfig \
 		$(INSTALL_PREFIX)$(INSTALLTOP)/include/openssl \
-		$(INSTALL_PREFIX)$(INSTALLTOP)/engines \
 		$(INSTALL_PREFIX)$(OPENSSLDIR)/misc \
 		$(INSTALL_PREFIX)$(OPENSSLDIR)/certs \
 		$(INSTALL_PREFIX)$(OPENSSLDIR)/private
diff --git a/crypto/engine/eng_list.c b/crypto/engine/eng_list.c
index 67d67df3ce43d7da0c3d4697bd9045ce0cc195dc..f337e0f3bc650b548d0c7fecbf551ac8a9abfddb 100644
--- a/crypto/engine/eng_list.c
+++ b/crypto/engine/eng_list.c
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ ENGINE *ENGINE_by_id(const char *id)
 #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 = OPENSSLDIR "/engines";
+	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) ||
diff --git a/crypto/opensslconf.h.in b/crypto/opensslconf.h.in
index 685e83b7a33ff912a508ceb5b2bc25b9a941be07..cee83acf9898b43b5c5e4fbc9ca0cf76e8fefd48 100644
--- a/crypto/opensslconf.h.in
+++ b/crypto/opensslconf.h.in
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 #if !(defined(VMS) || defined(__VMS)) /* VMS uses logical names instead */
 #if defined(HEADER_CRYPTLIB_H) && !defined(OPENSSLDIR)
+#define ENGINESDIR "/usr/local/lib/engines"
 #define OPENSSLDIR "/usr/local/ssl"
 #endif
 #endif
diff --git a/engines/Makefile.ssl b/engines/Makefile.ssl
index 8c383f95995761ea70650a55f036074969dc9bb7..8ae81f33ce31de98d9a1f32c92d20448a04316ac 100644
--- a/engines/Makefile.ssl
+++ b/engines/Makefile.ssl
@@ -99,9 +99,9 @@ install:
 		set -e; \
 		for l in $(LIBNAMES); do \
 			( echo installing $$l; \
-			  cp lib$$l.so $(INSTALL_PREFIX)$(OPENSSLDIR)/engines/lib$$l.so.new; \
-			  chmod 555 $(INSTALL_PREFIX)$(OPENSSLDIR)/engines/lib$$l.so.new; \
-			  mv -f $(INSTALL_PREFIX)$(OPENSSLDIR)/engines/lib$$l.so.new $(INSTALL_PREFIX)$(OPENSSLDIR)/engines/lib$$l.so ); \
+			  cp lib$$l.so $(INSTALL_PREFIX)$(INSTALLTOP)/lib/engines/lib$$l.so.new; \
+			  chmod 555 $(INSTALL_PREFIX)$(INSTALLTOP)/lib/engines/lib$$l.so.new; \
+			  mv -f $(INSTALL_PREFIX)$(INSTALLTOP)/lib/engines/lib$$l.so.new $(INSTALL_PREFIX)$(INSTALLTOP)/lib/engines/lib$$l.so ); \
 		done; \
 	fi