diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 77075f9a..4e79c146 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ rc_bindir = rc_libexecdir / 'bin'
 rc_sbindir = rc_libexecdir / 'sbin'
 rc_shdir = rc_libexecdir / 'sh'
 sbindir = rootprefix / get_option('sbindir')
+pamdir = get_option('sysconfdir') / 'pam.d'
 
 crypt_dep = []
 
diff --git a/src/rc/meson.build b/src/rc/meson.build
index 8b3fd205..8fdf3ac3 100644
--- a/src/rc/meson.build
+++ b/src/rc/meson.build
@@ -101,11 +101,9 @@ executable('start-stop-daemon',
   install_dir: sbindir)
 
 if get_option('pam')
-  pam_dir =	get_option('sysconfdir') / 'pam.d'
-
   install_data('start-stop-daemon.pam',
     rename : 'start-stop-daemon',
-    install_dir : pam_dir)
+    install_dir : pamdir)
 endif
   
 executable('supervise-daemon',
@@ -119,11 +117,9 @@ executable('supervise-daemon',
   install_dir: sbindir)
 
 if get_option('pam')
-  pam_dir =	get_option('sysconfdir') / 'pam.d'
-
   install_data('supervise-daemon.pam',
     rename : 'supervise-daemon',
-    install_dir : pam_dir)
+    install_dir : pamdir)
 endif
   
 if os == 'Linux'