diff -ur libvirt-6.10.0.orig/src/remote/meson.build libvirt-6.10.0/src/remote/meson.build
--- libvirt-6.10.0.orig/src/remote/meson.build	2021-01-01 20:42:34.317692686 +0100
+++ libvirt-6.10.0/src/remote/meson.build	2021-01-01 20:46:19.143692686 +0100
@@ -265,11 +265,9 @@
     endforeach
 
     if conf.has('WITH_SYSCTL')
-      # Use $(prefix)/lib rather than $(libdir), since man sysctl.d insists on
-      # /usr/lib/sysctl.d/ even when libdir is /usr/lib64
       install_data(
         'libvirtd.sysctl',
-        install_dir: prefix / 'lib' / 'sysctl.d',
+        install_dir: sysconfdir / 'sysctl.d',
         rename: [ '60-libvirtd.conf' ],
       )
     endif