--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -50,2 +50,3 @@
-systemd_work_dir = prefix / get_option('localstatedir') / 'lib' / 'knot-resolver'
-systemd_cache_dir = prefix / get_option('localstatedir') / 'cache' / 'knot-resolver'
+systemd_work_dir  = '/var/lib/knot-resolver'
+systemd_cache_dir = '/var/cache/knot-resolver'
+run_dir = '/run/knot-resolver'

--- a/python/knot_resolver/constants.py.in
+++ b/python/knot_resolver/constants.py.in
@@ -12 +12 @@
-ETC_DIR = Path("@etc_dir@")
+ETC_DIR = Path("/etc/knot-resolver")