diff --git a/src/process-service-perfdata b/src/process-service-perfdata
index 0e17494ec..173743a03 100644
--- a/src/process-service-perfdata
+++ b/src/process-service-perfdata
@@ -30,6 +30,6 @@ SERVICEDESC=$3
 OUTPUT=$4
 SERVICESTATE=$5
 PERFDATA=$6
-PERFFILE="@INSTALL_DIR_NAGIOS@/var/service-perfdata"
+PERFFILE="@NAGIOS_VAR@/service-perfdata"
 
 /usr/bin/printf "%b" "$TIMET\t$HOSTNAME\t$SERVICEDESC\t$OUTPUT\t$SERVICESTATE\t$PERFDATA\n" >> $PERFFILE
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