diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 5e653b8b6f..e3f06616b5 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1834,7 +1834,7 @@ if conf.get('ENABLE_PORTABLED') == 1
                          dependencies : [threads],
                          install_rpath : rootlibexecdir,
                          install : true,
-                         install_dir : rootlibexecdir)
+                         install_dir : rootbindir)
         public_programs += exe
 endif