diff -up nut-2.7.1/configure.ac.quickfix nut-2.7.1/configure.ac
--- nut-2.7.1/configure.ac.quickfix	2013-11-20 20:53:31.000000000 +0100
+++ nut-2.7.1/configure.ac	2014-02-27 11:25:57.608869497 +0100
@@ -1027,9 +1027,8 @@ dnl Override installation directory, wit
 dnl prefix. This is needed for 'distcheck*' targets, otherwise
 dnl files will try to get intalled to the actual system directories
 if test -n "${systemdsystemunitdir}"; then
-	systemdsystemshutdowndir="${libdir}/systemd/system-shutdown"
+	systemdsystemshutdowndir="/lib/systemd/system-shutdown"
 	AC_MSG_RESULT(using ${systemdsystemunitdir})
-	systemdsystemunitdir="`echo ${systemdsystemunitdir} | sed 's/\/lib/\${libdir}/'`"
 else
 	AC_MSG_RESULT(no)
 fi