diff --git a/src/meson.build b/src/meson.build
index 92ceb8f..68e3ff5 100644
--- a/src/meson.build
+++ b/src/meson.build
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ gtk_dep = dependency('gtk+-3.0')
 granite_dep = dependency('granite')
 lightdm_dep = dependency('liblightdm-gobject-1')
 
-install_path = join_paths(get_option('prefix'), get_option('sbindir'))
+install_path = join_paths(get_option('prefix'), get_option('bindir'))
 
 conf_data = configuration_data()
 conf_data.set('CONF_DIR', join_paths(get_option('sysconfdir'), 'lightdm'))