diff --git a/doc/guide.html b/doc/guide.html
index 314169e10..c429714fc 100644
--- a/doc/guide.html
+++ b/doc/guide.html
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ to install <TT>ejabberd</TT>.</P><P>The files and directories created are, by de
 			</DD><DT CLASS="dt-description"><B><TT>ejabberdctl.cfg</TT></B></DT><DD CLASS="dd-description"> Configuration file of the administration script
 			</DD><DT CLASS="dt-description"><B><TT>inetrc</TT></B></DT><DD CLASS="dd-description"> Network DNS configuration
 		</DD></DL>
-	</DD><DT CLASS="dt-description"><B><TT>/bin/ejabberdctl</TT></B></DT><DD CLASS="dd-description"> Administration script (see section&#XA0;<A HREF="#ejabberdctl">4.1</A>)
+	</DD><DT CLASS="dt-description"><B><TT>/sbin/ejabberdctl</TT></B></DT><DD CLASS="dd-description"> Administration script (see section&#XA0;<A HREF="#ejabberdctl">4.1</A>)
 	</DD><DT CLASS="dt-description"><B><TT>/var/lib/ejabberd/</TT></B></DT><DD CLASS="dd-description">
 		<DL CLASS="description"><DT CLASS="dt-description">
 			<B><TT>.erlang.cookie</TT></B></DT><DD CLASS="dd-description"> Erlang cookie file (see section <A HREF="#cookie">5.3</A>)
diff --git a/doc/guide.tex b/doc/guide.tex
index e7b908db1..faf37104e 100644
--- a/doc/guide.tex
+++ b/doc/guide.tex
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ The files and directories created are, by default:
 			\titem{ejabberdctl.cfg} Configuration file of the administration script
 			\titem{inetrc} Network DNS configuration
 		\end{description}
-	\titem{/bin/ejabberdctl} Administration script (see section~\ref{ejabberdctl})
+	\titem{/sbin/ejabberdctl} Administration script (see section~\ref{ejabberdctl})
 	\titem{/var/lib/ejabberd/}
 		\begin{description}
 			\titem{.erlang.cookie} Erlang cookie file (see section \ref{cookie})
diff --git a/src/Makefile.in b/src/Makefile.in
index 0b5b27a26..6cb06c922 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.in
+++ b/src/Makefile.in
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ PBINDIR = $(PRIVDIR)/bin
 MSGSDIR = $(PRIVDIR)/msgs
 LOGDIR = $(DESTDIR)@localstatedir@/log/ejabberd
 ETCDIR = $(DESTDIR)@sysconfdir@/ejabberd
-BINDIR = $(DESTDIR)@bindir@
+SBINDIR = $(DESTDIR)@sbindir@
 
 ifeq ($(shell uname),Darwin)
 DYNAMIC_LIB_CFLAGS = -fPIC -bundle -flat_namespace -undefined suppress
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ install: all
 	sed -e "s*@rootdir@*@prefix@*" -e "s*@installuser@*@INSTALLUSER@*" -e "s*@erl@*@ERL@*" ejabberdctl.template > ejabberdctl.example
 	[ -f $(ETCDIR)/ejabberdctl.cfg ] && install -b -m 644 ejabberdctl.cfg.example $(ETCDIR)/ejabberdctl.cfg-new || install -b -m 644 -o @INSTALLUSER@ ejabberdctl.cfg.example $(ETCDIR)/ejabberdctl.cfg
 	install -b -m 644 inetrc $(ETCDIR)/inetrc
-	install -m 550 -o @INSTALLUSER@ ejabberdctl.example $(BINDIR)/ejabberdctl
+	install -m 550 -o @INSTALLUSER@ ejabberdctl.example $(SBINDIR)/ejabberdctl
 	install -d -m 750 -o @INSTALLUSER@ $(LOGDIR)
 	chown @INSTALLUSER@ $(COOKIEFILE)
 
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ uninstall-binary:
 	rm -rf $(SODIR)
 	rm -rf $(MSGSDIR)
 	rm -rf $(PRIVDIR)
-	rm -rf $(BINDIR)/ejabberdctl
+	rm -rf $(SBINDIR)/ejabberdctl
 
 uninstall-all: uninstall-binary
 	rm -rf $(ETCDIR)