diff --git a/wscript b/wscript
index e545b42b61..8950548457 100644
--- a/wscript
+++ b/wscript
@@ -747,7 +747,7 @@ def configure(conf):
     if Options.options.lv2dir:
         conf.env['LV2DIR'] = Options.options.lv2dir
     else:
-        conf.env['LV2DIR'] = os.path.join(conf.env['LIBDIR'], 'lv2')
+        conf.env['LV2DIR'] = os.path.join(conf.env['LIBDIR'], 'ardour' + str(conf.env['MAJOR']), 'lv2')
 
     conf.env['LV2DIR'] = os.path.normpath(conf.env['LV2DIR'])