diff -urp libvirt-4.2.0.orig/src/Makefile.in libvirt-4.2.0/src/Makefile.in
--- libvirt-4.2.0.orig/src/Makefile.in	2018-04-12 12:49:25.591575905 +0000
+++ libvirt-4.2.0/src/Makefile.in	2018-04-12 12:54:21.166572577 +0000
@@ -13057,13 +13057,11 @@ lxc/lxc_controller_dispatch.h: $(srcdir)
 # Use $(prefix)/lib rather than $(libdir), since man sysctl.d insists on
 # /usr/lib/sysctl.d/ even when libdir is /usr/lib64
 @WITH_LIBVIRTD_TRUE@@WITH_SYSCTL_TRUE@install-sysctl:
-@WITH_LIBVIRTD_TRUE@@WITH_SYSCTL_TRUE@	$(MKDIR_P) $(DESTDIR)$(prefix)/lib/sysctl.d
 @WITH_LIBVIRTD_TRUE@@WITH_SYSCTL_TRUE@	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(srcdir)/remote/libvirtd.sysctl \
-@WITH_LIBVIRTD_TRUE@@WITH_SYSCTL_TRUE@	  $(DESTDIR)$(prefix)/lib/sysctl.d/60-libvirtd.conf
+@WITH_LIBVIRTD_TRUE@@WITH_SYSCTL_TRUE@	  $(DESTDIR)$(sysconfdir)/sysctl.d/60-libvirtd.conf
 
 @WITH_LIBVIRTD_TRUE@@WITH_SYSCTL_TRUE@uninstall-sysctl:
-@WITH_LIBVIRTD_TRUE@@WITH_SYSCTL_TRUE@	rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(prefix)/lib/sysctl.d/60-libvirtd.conf
-@WITH_LIBVIRTD_TRUE@@WITH_SYSCTL_TRUE@	rmdir $(DESTDIR)$(prefix)/lib/sysctl.d || :
+@WITH_LIBVIRTD_TRUE@@WITH_SYSCTL_TRUE@	rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(sysconfdir)/sysctl.d/60-libvirtd.conf
 @WITH_LIBVIRTD_TRUE@@WITH_SYSCTL_FALSE@install-sysctl:
 @WITH_LIBVIRTD_TRUE@@WITH_SYSCTL_FALSE@uninstall-sysctl:
 
diff -urp libvirt-4.2.0.orig/src/remote/Makefile.inc.am libvirt-4.2.0/src/remote/Makefile.inc.am
--- libvirt-4.2.0.orig/src/remote/Makefile.inc.am	2018-04-12 12:49:25.608575905 +0000
+++ libvirt-4.2.0/src/remote/Makefile.inc.am	2018-04-12 12:52:11.899574033 +0000
@@ -194,13 +194,11 @@ 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)/remote/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: