diff -p -up iproute2-2.6.26/Makefile.libdir iproute2-2.6.26/Makefile
--- iproute2-2.6.26/Makefile.libdir	2008-07-25 22:46:07.000000000 +0200
+++ iproute2-2.6.26/Makefile	2008-07-30 18:25:35.000000000 +0200
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 DESTDIR=/usr/
 SBINDIR=/sbin
 CONFDIR=/etc/iproute2
+LIBDIR=/usr/lib
+VARLIB=/var/lib
 DOCDIR=/share/doc/iproute2
 MANDIR=/share/man
 
@@ -22,7 +24,7 @@ ADDLIB+=ipx_ntop.o ipx_pton.o
 CC = gcc
 HOSTCC = gcc
 CCOPTS = -D_GNU_SOURCE -O2 -Wstrict-prototypes -Wall
-CFLAGS = $(CCOPTS) -I../include $(DEFINES)
+CFLAGS = -DLIBDIR=\"$(LIBDIR)\" -DVARLIB=\"$(VARLIB)\" $(CCOPTS) -I../include $(DEFINES)
 YACCFLAGS = -d -t -v
 
 LDLIBS += -L../lib -lnetlink -lutil
diff -p -up iproute2-2.6.26/include/iptables.h.libdir iproute2-2.6.26/include/iptables.h
--- iproute2-2.6.26/include/iptables.h.libdir	2008-07-25 22:46:07.000000000 +0200
+++ iproute2-2.6.26/include/iptables.h	2008-07-30 18:25:35.000000000 +0200
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 #include "libiptc/libiptc.h"
 
 #ifndef IPT_LIB_DIR
-#define IPT_LIB_DIR "/usr/local/lib/iptables"
+#define IPT_LIB_DIR LIBDIR
 #endif
 
 #ifndef IPPROTO_SCTP
diff -p -up iproute2-2.6.26/misc/arpd.c.libdir iproute2-2.6.26/misc/arpd.c
--- iproute2-2.6.26/misc/arpd.c.libdir	2008-07-25 22:46:07.000000000 +0200
+++ iproute2-2.6.26/misc/arpd.c	2008-07-30 18:26:19.000000000 +0200
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 int resolve_hosts;
 
 DB	*dbase;
-char	*dbname = "/var/lib/arpd/arpd.db";
+char	*dbname = VARLIB "/arpd/arpd.db";
 
 int	ifnum;
 int	*ifvec;
diff -p -up iproute2-2.6.26/netem/Makefile.libdir iproute2-2.6.26/netem/Makefile
--- iproute2-2.6.26/netem/Makefile.libdir	2008-07-25 22:46:07.000000000 +0200
+++ iproute2-2.6.26/netem/Makefile	2008-07-30 18:25:35.000000000 +0200
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ HOSTCC ?= $(CC)
 CCOPTS  = $(CBUILD_CFLAGS)
 LDLIBS += -lm 
 
+LIBDIR = /usr/lib
+
 all: $(DISTGEN) $(DISTDATA)
 
 $(DISTGEN):
@@ -20,9 +22,9 @@ stats: stats.c
 	$(HOSTCC) $(CCOPTS) -I../include -o $@ $@.c -lm
 
 install: all
-	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)/lib/tc
+	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDIR)/tc
 	for i in $(DISTDATA); \
-	do install -m 755 $$i $(DESTDIR)/lib/tc; \
+	do install -m 755 $$i $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDIR)/tc; \
 	done
 
 clean:
diff -p -up iproute2-2.6.26/tc/Makefile.libdir iproute2-2.6.26/tc/Makefile
--- iproute2-2.6.26/tc/Makefile.libdir	2008-07-25 22:46:07.000000000 +0200
+++ iproute2-2.6.26/tc/Makefile	2008-07-30 18:25:35.000000000 +0200
@@ -72,10 +72,10 @@ libtc.a: $(TCLIB)
 	$(AR) rcs $@ $(TCLIB)
 
 install: all
-	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)/lib/tc
+	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDIR)/tc
 	install -m 0755 tc $(DESTDIR)$(SBINDIR)
 	for i in $(TCSO); \
-	do install -m 755 $$i $(DESTDIR)/lib/tc; \
+	do install -m 755 $$i $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDIR)/tc; \
 	done
 
 clean:
diff -p -up iproute2-2.6.26/tc/tc_util.c.libdir iproute2-2.6.26/tc/tc_util.c
--- iproute2-2.6.26/tc/tc_util.c.libdir	2008-07-25 22:46:07.000000000 +0200
+++ iproute2-2.6.26/tc/tc_util.c	2008-07-30 18:25:35.000000000 +0200
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ const char *get_tc_lib(void)
 
 	lib_dir = getenv("TC_LIB_DIR");
 	if (!lib_dir)
-		lib_dir = DESTDIR "/lib/tc";
+		lib_dir = DESTDIR LIBDIR "/tc";
 
 	return lib_dir;
 }