diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 02e90a0f01..c6851c11ad 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ if test "x$FHS_ENABLED" = xyes ; then
 	AC_SUBST(domserver_rundir,        $localstatedir/run/${PACKAGE_TARNAME})
 	AC_SUBST(domserver_tmpdir,        /tmp)
 	AC_SUBST(domserver_exampleprobdir,$datadir/${PACKAGE_TARNAME}/example_problems)
-	AC_SUBST(domserver_databasedumpdir,$datadir/${PACKAGE_TARNAME}/db-dumps)
+	AC_SUBST(domserver_databasedumpdir,$localstatedir/${PACKAGE_TARNAME}/db-dumps)
 
 	AC_SUBST(judgehost_root,          '')
 	AC_SUBST(judgehost_bindir,        $bindir)