--- a/dropbox.in
+++ b/dropbox.in
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
 
 PARENT_DIR = os.path.expanduser("~")
 DROPBOX_DIST_PATH = "%s/.dropbox-dist" % PARENT_DIR
-DROPBOXD_PATH = os.path.join(DROPBOX_DIST_PATH, "dropboxd")
+DROPBOXD_PATH = "@dropboxd@"
 DESKTOP_FILE = "@DESKTOP_FILE_DIR@/dropbox.desktop"
 
 enc = locale.getpreferredencoding()