diff --git a/Shorewall-core/shorewallrc.redhat b/Shorewall-core/shorewallrc.redhat
index cf1c693d0..851f1d0c0 100644
--- a/Shorewall-core/shorewallrc.redhat
+++ b/Shorewall-core/shorewallrc.redhat
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ BUILD=                                  #Default is to detect the build system
 HOST=redhat
 PREFIX=/usr                             #Top-level directory for shared files, libraries, etc.
 SHAREDIR=${PREFIX}/share                #Directory for arch-neutral files.
-LIBEXECDIR=${PREFIX}/share              #Directory for executable scripts.
-PERLLIBDIR=/usr/share/shorewall         #Directory to install Shorewall Perl module directory
+LIBEXECDIR=${PREFIX}/libexec            #Directory for executable scripts.
+PERLLIBDIR=/usr/share/perl5             #Directory to install Shorewall Perl module directory
 CONFDIR=/etc                            #Directory where subsystem configurations are installed
 SBINDIR=/sbin                           #Directory where system administration programs are installed
 MANDIR=${SHAREDIR}/man                  #Directory where manpages are installed.
diff --git a/Shorewall-lite/install.sh b/Shorewall-lite/install.sh
index 8e4e97562..43d780a5a 100755
--- a/Shorewall-lite/install.sh
+++ b/Shorewall-lite/install.sh
@@ -373,8 +373,8 @@ fi
 #
 # Install the  Makefile
 #
-run_install $OWNERSHIP -m 0600 Makefile ${DESTDIR}${CONFDIR}/$PRODUCT
-echo "Makefile installed as ${DESTDIR}${CONFDIR}/$PRODUCT/Makefile"
+run_install $OWNERSHIP -m 0600 Makefile ${DESTDIR}${SHAREDIR}/$PRODUCT
+echo "Makefile installed as ${DESTDIR}${SHAREDIR}/$PRODUCT/Makefile"
 
 #
 # Install the default config path file