diff --git a/common.mak b/common.mak
index b9a9f546..bb6cdf06 100644
--- a/common.mak
+++ b/common.mak
@@ -194,12 +194,14 @@ ALL_CFLAGS	= -DS390_TOOLS_RELEASE=$(S390_TOOLS_RELEASE) \
 			-DS390_TOOLS_LIBDIR=$(TOOLS_LIBDIR) \
 			-DS390_TOOLS_DATADIR=$(TOOLS_DATADIR) \
 			-DS390_TOOLS_SYSCONFDIR=$(SYSCONFDIR) \
+			-DS390_TOOLS_BINDIR=$(BINDIR) \
 			$(CFLAGS)
 CXXFLAGS	?= $(DEFAULT_CFLAGS) $(OPT_FLAGS)
 ALL_CXXFLAGS	= -DS390_TOOLS_RELEASE=$(S390_TOOLS_RELEASE) \
 			-DS390_TOOLS_LIBDIR=$(TOOLS_LIBDIR) \
 			-DS390_TOOLS_DATADIR=$(TOOLS_DATADIR) \
 			-DS390_TOOLS_SYSCONFDIR=$(SYSCONFDIR) \
+			-DS390_TOOLS_BINDIR=$(BINDIR) \
 			$(CXXFLAGS)
 ALL_CPPFLAGS	= -I $(rootdir)include $(CPPFLAGS)
 ALL_LDFLAGS	= $(LDFLAGS)
diff --git a/include/lib/zt_common.h b/include/lib/zt_common.h
index e27b7b0a..c4864281 100644
--- a/include/lib/zt_common.h
+++ b/include/lib/zt_common.h
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #define RELEASE_STRING	STRINGIFY (S390_TOOLS_RELEASE)
 #define TOOLS_LIBDIR	STRINGIFY (S390_TOOLS_LIBDIR)
 #define TOOLS_SYSCONFDIR STRINGIFY (S390_TOOLS_SYSCONFDIR)
+#define TOOLS_BINDIR	STRINGIFY (S390_TOOLS_BINDIR)
 
 #define __noreturn __attribute__((noreturn))
 #define __packed __attribute__((packed))
diff --git a/zdev/include/path.h b/zdev/include/path.h
index 5252bcf2..536ca066 100644
--- a/zdev/include/path.h
+++ b/zdev/include/path.h
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 #define	PATH_PROC		"/proc"
 
 #define PATH_UDEVADM		"udevadm"
-#define PATH_VMCP		"/usr/sbin/vmcp"
+#define PATH_VMCP		TOOLS_BINDIR "/vmcp"
 #define PATH_IP			"ip"
 
 #define PATH_ROOT		"/"