diff -urp libvirt-3.0.0.orig/daemon/Makefile.am libvirt-3.0.0/daemon/Makefile.am
--- libvirt-3.0.0.orig/daemon/Makefile.am	2017-02-11 16:03:23.470360384 +0000
+++ libvirt-3.0.0/daemon/Makefile.am	2017-02-11 16:03:38.597360214 +0000
@@ -402,13 +402,11 @@ if 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-sysctl:
-	$(MKDIR_P) $(DESTDIR)$(prefix)/lib/sysctl.d
 	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(srcdir)/libvirtd.sysctl \
-	  $(DESTDIR)$(prefix)/lib/sysctl.d/60-libvirtd.conf
+	  $(DESTDIR)$(sysconfdir)/sysctl.d/60-libvirtd.conf
 
 uninstall-sysctl:
-	rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(prefix)/lib/sysctl.d/60-libvirtd.conf
-	rmdir $(DESTDIR)$(prefix)/lib/sysctl.d || :
+	rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(sysconfdir)/sysctl.d/60-libvirtd.conf
 else ! WITH_SYSCTL
 install-sysctl:
 uninstall-sysctl: