diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 7bb75a6747..9ed4e023e1 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -39,13 +39,14 @@ LIBEXECPODMAN ?= ${LIBEXECDIR}/podman
 MANDIR ?= ${PREFIX}/share/man
 SHAREDIR_CONTAINERS ?= ${PREFIX}/share/containers
 ETCDIR ?= ${PREFIX}/etc
-TMPFILESDIR ?= ${PREFIX}/lib/tmpfiles.d
+LIBDIR ?= ${PREFIX}/lib
+TMPFILESDIR ?= ${LIBDIR}/tmpfiles.d
 USERTMPFILESDIR ?= ${PREFIX}/share/user-tmpfiles.d
-MODULESLOADDIR ?= ${PREFIX}/lib/modules-load.d
-SYSTEMDDIR ?= ${PREFIX}/lib/systemd/system
-USERSYSTEMDDIR ?= ${PREFIX}/lib/systemd/user
-SYSTEMDGENERATORSDIR ?= ${PREFIX}/lib/systemd/system-generators
-USERSYSTEMDGENERATORSDIR ?= ${PREFIX}/lib/systemd/user-generators
+MODULESLOADDIR ?= ${LIBDIR}/modules-load.d
+SYSTEMDDIR ?= ${LIBDIR}/systemd/system
+USERSYSTEMDDIR ?= ${LIBDIR}/systemd/user
+SYSTEMDGENERATORSDIR ?= ${LIBDIR}/systemd/system-generators
+USERSYSTEMDGENERATORSDIR ?= ${LIBDIR}/systemd/user-generators
 REMOTETAGS ?= remote exclude_graphdriver_btrfs btrfs_noversion exclude_graphdriver_devicemapper containers_image_openpgp
 BUILDTAGS ?= \
 	$(shell hack/apparmor_tag.sh) \