diff --git a/src/process-service-perfdata b/src/process-service-perfdata
index 1618f9c60..d83c33a01 100644
--- a/src/process-service-perfdata
+++ b/src/process-service-perfdata
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ SERVICEDESC=$3
 OUTPUT=$4
 SERVICESTATE=$5
 PERFDATA=$6
-PERFFILE="/var/log/nagios/service-perfdata"
+PERFFILE="@INSTALL_DIR_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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