diff --git a/Shorewall-core/shorewallrc.archlinux b/Shorewall-core/shorewallrc.archlinux
index ff4146c2d..cc5d66dd5 100644
--- a/Shorewall-core/shorewallrc.archlinux
+++ b/Shorewall-core/shorewallrc.archlinux
@@ -18,3 +18,4 @@ SYSCONFDIR=                            #Directory where SysV init parameter file
 SYSTEMD=                               #Directory where .service files are installed (systems running systemd only)
 SPARSE=                                #If non-empty, only install $PRODUCT/$PRODUCT.conf in $CONFDIR
 VARLIB=/var/lib                        #Directory where product variable data is stored.
+VARDIR=${VARLIB}/$PRODUCT              #Directory where product variable data is stored.
diff --git a/Shorewall-core/shorewallrc.debian b/Shorewall-core/shorewallrc.debian
index a2ebf8bd0..de223396b 100644
--- a/Shorewall-core/shorewallrc.debian
+++ b/Shorewall-core/shorewallrc.debian
@@ -19,3 +19,4 @@ SYSCONFDIR=/etc/default                 #Directory where SysV init parameter fil
 SYSTEMD=                                #Directory where .service files are installed (systems running systemd only)
 SPARSE=Yes                              #If non-empty, only install $PRODUCT/$PRODUCT.conf in $CONFDIR
 VARLIB=/var/lib                         #Directory where product variable data is stored.
+VARDIR=${VARLIB}/$PRODUCT               #Directory where product variable data is stored.
diff --git a/Shorewall-core/shorewallrc.default b/Shorewall-core/shorewallrc.default
index 2169fa854..f2a0b556d 100644
--- a/Shorewall-core/shorewallrc.default
+++ b/Shorewall-core/shorewallrc.default
@@ -19,3 +19,4 @@ SYSCONFFILE=                            #Name of the distributed file to be inst
 SYSCONFDIR=                             #Directory where SysV init parameter files are installed
 SPARSE=                                 #If non-empty, only install $PRODUCT/$PRODUCT.conf in $CONFDIR
 VARLIB=/var/lib                         #Directory where product variable data is stored.
+VARDIR=${VARLIB}/$PRODUCT               #Directory where product variable data is stored.
diff --git a/Shorewall-core/shorewallrc.redhat b/Shorewall-core/shorewallrc.redhat
index 0b7e95079..ad827b3e8 100644
--- a/Shorewall-core/shorewallrc.redhat
+++ b/Shorewall-core/shorewallrc.redhat
@@ -19,3 +19,4 @@ SYSCONFFILE=sysconfig                   #Name of the distributed file to be inst
 SYSCONFDIR=/etc/sysconfig/              #Directory where SysV init parameter files are installed
 SPARSE=                                 #If non-empty, only install $PRODUCT/$PRODUCT.conf in $CONFDIR
 VARLIB=/var/lib                         #Directory where product variable data is stored.
+VARDIR=${VARLIB}/$PRODUCT               #Directory where product variable data is stored.
diff --git a/Shorewall-core/shorewallrc.slackware b/Shorewall-core/shorewallrc.slackware
index cc7e4e5b7..e5a47fa0d 100644
--- a/Shorewall-core/shorewallrc.slackware
+++ b/Shorewall-core/shorewallrc.slackware
@@ -20,3 +20,4 @@ SYSCONFFILE=                               #Name of the distributed file to be i
 SYSCONFDIR=                                #Name of the directory where SysV init parameter files are installed.
 ANNOTATED=                                 #If non-empty, install annotated configuration files
 VARLIB=/var/lib                            #Directory where product variable data is stored.
+VARDIR=${VARLIB}/$PRODUCT                  #Directory where product variable data is stored.
diff --git a/Shorewall-core/shorewallrc.suse b/Shorewall-core/shorewallrc.suse
index cc5a273f1..da09256e4 100644
--- a/Shorewall-core/shorewallrc.suse
+++ b/Shorewall-core/shorewallrc.suse
@@ -19,3 +19,4 @@ SYSCONFFILE=                                          #Name of the distributed f
 SYSCONFDIR=/etc/sysconfig/                            #Directory where SysV init parameter files are installed
 SPARSE=                                               #If non-empty, only install $PRODUCT/$PRODUCT.conf in $CONFDIR
 VARLIB=/var/lib                                       #Directory where persistent product data is stored.
+VARDIR=${VARLIB}/$PRODUCT                             #Directory where product variable data is stored.