diff --git a/lodel/Makefile.am b/lodel/Makefile.am
index a64a081..40ad02e 100644
--- a/lodel/Makefile.am
+++ b/lodel/Makefile.am
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ logdir = $(localstatedir)/log/lodel2/
 
 do_subst = sed 	-e 's,\[@\]LODEL2_VARDIR\[@\],$(localstatedir)/lodel2/,g' \
 		-e 's,\[@\]LODEL2_LOGDIR\[@\],$(logdir),g' \
+		-e 's,\[@\]LODEL2_LODEL_PKG\[@\],$(lodeldir),g' \
 		-e 's,\[@\]MULTISITE_DATA_DIRNAME\[@\],$(lodel2_multisite_data_dirname),g' \
 		-e 's,\[@\]MULTISITE_CTX_DIRNAME\[@\],$(lodel2_multisite_ctx_dirname),g'
 
diff --git a/lodel/buildconf.py.am.in b/lodel/buildconf.py.am.in
index 8a17957..92936ae 100644
--- a/lodel/buildconf.py.am.in
+++ b/lodel/buildconf.py.am.in
@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@ WEBUI=@WEBUI@
 #Populated by make
 LODEL2VARDIR="[@]LODEL2_VARDIR[@]"
 LODEL2LOGDIR="[@]LODEL2_LOGDIR[@]"
+LODEL_PKG_PATH = "[@]LODEL2_LODEL_PKG[@]"
 
 
 MULTISITE_DATADIR = "[@]MULTISITE_DATA_DIRNAME[@]"
 MULTISITE_CONTEXTDIR = "[@]MULTISITE_CTX_DIRNAME[@]"
 MULTISITE_DYNCODE_MODULENAME = 'leapi_dyncode'
 ##@todo to be generated via autotools
-LODEL_PKG_PATH = '/usr/lib/python3/dist-package/lodel'
 LODELSITE_CONFDIR = 'lodelsites.conf.d'