diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 91ad4b0d4..9b8a2b526 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ if (SYSCONF_INSTALL_DIR)
 endif (SYSCONF_INSTALL_DIR)
 
 if (NOT SYSCONFDIR)
-  set (SYSCONFDIR "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/etc")
+  set (SYSCONFDIR "/etc")
 endif (NOT SYSCONFDIR)
 
 if (NOT EXEC_PREFIX)
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ if (NOT LIBDIR)
 endif (NOT LIBDIR)
 
 if (NOT LOCALSTATEDIR)
-  set (LOCALSTATEDIR "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/var")
+  set (LOCALSTATEDIR "/var")
 endif (NOT LOCALSTATEDIR)
 
 if (NOT DATADIR)
@@ -169,16 +169,17 @@ if (NOT DATADIR)
 endif (NOT DATADIR)
 
 if (NOT OPENVAS_RUN_DIR)
-  set (OPENVAS_RUN_DIR "${LOCALSTATEDIR}/run")
+  set (OPENVAS_RUN_DIR "/run/ospd")
 endif (NOT OPENVAS_RUN_DIR)
 
+set (OPENVAS_DATA_DIR    "${DATADIR}/openvas")
+set (OPENVAS_STATE_DIR   "${LOCALSTATEDIR}/lib/openvas")
+
 if (NOT OPENVAS_FEED_LOCK_PATH)
-  set (OPENVAS_FEED_LOCK_PATH "${OPENVAS_RUN_DIR}/feed-update.lock")
+  set (OPENVAS_FEED_LOCK_PATH "${OPENVAS_STATE_DIR}/feed-update.lock")
 endif (NOT OPENVAS_FEED_LOCK_PATH)
 add_definitions (-DOPENVAS_FEED_LOCK_PATH="${OPENVAS_FEED_LOCK_PATH}")
 
-set (OPENVAS_DATA_DIR    "${DATADIR}/openvas")
-set (OPENVAS_STATE_DIR   "${LOCALSTATEDIR}/lib/openvas")
 if (NOT GVM_LOG_DIR)
 	set (GVM_LOG_DIR         "${LOCALSTATEDIR}/log/gvm")
 endif (NOT GVM_LOG_DIR)