diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index cebc1e22..5f25d10c 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ endif
 
 IMPORT_PATH    := github.com/cloudflare/cloudflared
 PACKAGE_DIR    := $(CURDIR)/packaging
-PREFIX         := /usr/local
+PREFIX         := /usr
 INSTALL_BINDIR := $(PREFIX)/bin/
 INSTALL_MANDIR := $(PREFIX)/share/man/man1/