diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index ca964d9039..83e769e40a 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2489,6 +2489,7 @@ AC_SUBST(e_logcertsdir)
 AC_SUBST(e_sysconfdir)
 AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([CONFIG_DIR],["$e_sysconfdir"],[Our CONFIG_DIR])
 AC_SUBST(e_localstatedir)
+AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([LOCAL_STATE_DIR],["$localstatedir"],[Our LOCAL_STATE_DIR])
 AC_SUBST(e_datadir)
 AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([DATA_DIR],["$e_datadir"],[Our DATA_DIR])
 AC_SUBST(e_magic_file)
diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index 3540b31869..5bfa9de62d 100755
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -1382,7 +1382,7 @@ endif
 
 # default CFLAGS
 AM_CFLAGS = ${OPTIMIZATION_CFLAGS} ${GCC_CFLAGS} ${CLANG_CFLAGS}            \
-    ${SECCFLAGS} ${PCAP_CFLAGS} -DLOCAL_STATE_DIR=\"$(localstatedir)\"      \
+    ${SECCFLAGS} ${PCAP_CFLAGS}      										\
     -Wall -Wno-unused-parameter -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations \
     -Wstrict-prototypes -Wwrite-strings -Wbad-function-cast                 \
     -Wformat-security -Wno-format-nonliteral -Wmissing-format-attribute     \