diff -uNr rpm-4.16.1.3.ORIG/configure.ac rpm-4.16.1.3/configure.ac
--- rpm-4.16.1.3.ORIG/configure.ac	2021-04-13 19:32:35.630955569 +0100
+++ rpm-4.16.1.3/configure.ac	2021-04-13 19:32:54.939623251 +0100
@@ -957,13 +957,7 @@
 AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([RUNDIR],["${RUNDIR}"],[run-time variable directory])
 AC_SUBST(RUNDIR)
 
-if test X"$prefix" = XNONE ; then
-    usrprefix="$ac_default_prefix"
-else
-    usrprefix=$prefix
-fi
-
-RPMCONFIGDIR="`echo ${usrprefix}/lib/rpm`"
+RPMCONFIGDIR="`echo ${libexecdir}/rpm/`"
 AC_SUBST(RPMCONFIGDIR)
 
 AC_SUBST(OBJDUMP)
diff -uNr rpm-4.16.1.3.ORIG/rpm.am rpm-4.16.1.3/rpm.am
--- rpm-4.16.1.3.ORIG/rpm.am	2021-04-13 19:32:35.584956361 +0100
+++ rpm-4.16.1.3/rpm.am	2021-04-13 19:32:54.940623234 +0100
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
 # Internal binaries
-## HACK: It probably should be $(libexecdir)/rpm or $(libdir)/rpm
-rpmlibexecdir = $(prefix)/lib/rpm
+rpmlibexecdir = $(pkglibexecdir)
 
 # Host independent config files
-## HACK: it probably should be $(datadir)/rpm
-rpmconfigdir = $(prefix)/lib/rpm
+rpmconfigdir = $(pkglibexecdir)
 
 # Libtool version (current-revision-age) for all our libraries
 rpm_version_info = 10:3:1
