diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index e1a1917db6..b197ef7926 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ AC_SUBST(runstatedir)
 # NetworkManager paths
 AC_SUBST(nmbinary, "$sbindir/$PACKAGE", [NetworkManager binary executable])
 AC_SUBST(nmconfdir, "$sysconfdir/$PACKAGE", [NetworkManager configuration directory])
+AC_SUBST(nmlibdir, "$libdir/$PACKAGE", [NetworkManager library directory])
 AC_SUBST(nmdatadir, "$datadir/$PACKAGE", [NetworkManager shared data directory])
 AC_SUBST(nmstatedir, "$localstatedir/lib/$PACKAGE", [NetworkManager persistent state directory])
 AC_SUBST(nmrundir, "$runstatedir/$PACKAGE", [NetworkManager runtime state directory])
@@ -1065,6 +1066,7 @@ echo "  exec_prefix: $exec_prefix"
 echo "  systemdunitdir: $with_systemdsystemunitdir"
 echo "  nmbinary: $nmbinary"
 echo "  nmconfdir: $nmconfdir"
+echo "  nmlibdir: $nmlibdir"
 echo "  nmdatadir: $nmdatadir"
 echo "  nmstatedir: $nmstatedir"
 echo "  nmrundir: $nmrundir"