--- a/unix/configure.in
+++ b/unix/configure.in
@@ -645,7 +645,7 @@
 
 eval "TCL_LIB_FILE=${TCL_LIB_FILE}"
 
-TCL_LIBRARY='$(prefix)/lib/tcl$(VERSION)'
+TCL_LIBRARY='$(libdir)/tcl$(VERSION)'
 PRIVATE_INCLUDE_DIR='$(includedir)'
 HTML_DIR='$(DISTDIR)/html'