diff --git a/src/backends/NetworkManagerExherbo.c b/src/backends/NetworkManagerExherbo.c
index d027789..ef6b646 100644
--- a/src/backends/NetworkManagerExherbo.c
+++ b/src/backends/NetworkManagerExherbo.c
@@ -41,9 +41,9 @@ void nm_backend_update_dns (void)
 	/* Make glibc/nscd aware of any changes to the resolv.conf file by
 	 * restarting nscd. Only restart if already running.
 	 */
-	if (g_file_test ("/usr/sbin/nscd", G_FILE_TEST_IS_EXECUTABLE)) {
+	if (g_file_test ("@glibc@/sbin/nscd", G_FILE_TEST_IS_EXECUTABLE)) {
 		nm_log_info (LOGD_DNS, "Clearing nscd hosts cache.");
-		nm_spawn_process ("/usr/sbin/nscd -i hosts");
+		nm_spawn_process ("@glibc@/sbin/nscd -i hosts");
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/src/dhcp-manager/nm-dhcp-dhclient.c b/src/dhcp-manager/nm-dhcp-dhclient.c
index 0932139..5b5aee8 100644
--- a/src/dhcp-manager/nm-dhcp-dhclient.c
+++ b/src/dhcp-manager/nm-dhcp-dhclient.c
@@ -68,10 +68,6 @@ const char *
 nm_dhcp_dhclient_get_path (const char *try_first)
 {
 	static const char *dhclient_paths[] = {
-		"/sbin/dhclient",
-		"/usr/sbin/dhclient",
-		"/usr/pkg/sbin/dhclient",
-		"/usr/local/sbin/dhclient",
 		NULL
 	};
 	const char **path = dhclient_paths;
diff --git a/src/dhcp-manager/nm-dhcp-dhcpcd.c b/src/dhcp-manager/nm-dhcp-dhcpcd.c
index 237661f..48bc33f 100644
--- a/src/dhcp-manager/nm-dhcp-dhcpcd.c
+++ b/src/dhcp-manager/nm-dhcp-dhcpcd.c
@@ -51,10 +51,6 @@ const char *
 nm_dhcp_dhcpcd_get_path (const char *try_first)
 {
 	static const char *dhcpcd_paths[] = {
-		"/sbin/dhcpcd",
-		"/usr/sbin/dhcpcd",
-		"/usr/pkg/sbin/dhcpcd",
-		"/usr/local/sbin/dhcpcd",
 		NULL
 	};
 	const char **path = dhcpcd_paths;
diff --git a/src/dns-manager/nm-dns-bind.c b/src/dns-manager/nm-dns-bind.c
index 1a3243b..a47dccd 100644
--- a/src/dns-manager/nm-dns-bind.c
+++ b/src/dns-manager/nm-dns-bind.c
@@ -51,9 +51,7 @@ static inline const char *
 find_bind (void)
 {
 	static const char *paths[] = {
-		"/usr/local/sbin/named",
-		"/usr/sbin/named",
-		"/sbin/named",
+		"@bind@/sbin/named",
 		NULL
 	};
 	const char **binary = paths;
diff --git a/src/dns-manager/nm-dns-dnsmasq.c b/src/dns-manager/nm-dns-dnsmasq.c
index 8e216f4..6e00210 100644
--- a/src/dns-manager/nm-dns-dnsmasq.c
+++ b/src/dns-manager/nm-dns-dnsmasq.c
@@ -52,9 +52,7 @@ static inline const char *
 find_dnsmasq (void)
 {
 	static const char *paths[] = {
-		"/usr/local/sbin/dnsmasq",
-		"/usr/sbin/dnsmasq",
-		"/sbin/dnsmasq",
+		"@dnsmasq@/bin/dnsmasq",
 		NULL
 	};
 	const char **binary = paths;
diff --git a/src/dnsmasq-manager/nm-dnsmasq-manager.c b/src/dnsmasq-manager/nm-dnsmasq-manager.c
index ca2f9dc..ce718d0 100644
--- a/src/dnsmasq-manager/nm-dnsmasq-manager.c
+++ b/src/dnsmasq-manager/nm-dnsmasq-manager.c
@@ -170,9 +170,7 @@ static inline const char *
 nm_find_dnsmasq (void)
 {
 	static const char *dnsmasq_binary_paths[] = {
-		"/usr/local/sbin/dnsmasq",
-		"/usr/sbin/dnsmasq",
-		"/sbin/dnsmasq",
+		"@dnsmasq@/bin/dnsmasq",
 		NULL
 	};
 
diff --git a/src/nm-device.c b/src/nm-device.c
index 1dc94ee..e60f3c8 100644
--- a/src/nm-device.c
+++ b/src/nm-device.c
@@ -1321,8 +1321,7 @@ aipd_start (NMDevice *self, NMDeviceStateReason *reason)
 	char *argv[6], *cmdline;
 	const char **aipd_binary = NULL;
 	static const char *aipd_paths[] = {
-		"/usr/sbin/avahi-autoipd",
-		"/usr/local/sbin/avahi-autoipd",
+		"@avahi@/sbin/avahi-autoipd",
 		NULL
 	};
 	int i = 0;
@@ -2555,7 +2554,7 @@ share_init (void)
 	}
 
 	for (iter = modules; *iter; iter++) {
-		char *argv[3] = { "/sbin/modprobe", *iter, NULL };
+		char *argv[3] = { "/var/run/current-system/sw/sbin/modprobe", *iter, NULL };
 		char *envp[1] = { NULL };
 		GError *error = NULL;
 
diff --git a/src/ppp-manager/nm-ppp-manager.c b/src/ppp-manager/nm-ppp-manager.c
index 59698c3..7dba0f7 100644
--- a/src/ppp-manager/nm-ppp-manager.c
+++ b/src/ppp-manager/nm-ppp-manager.c
@@ -661,9 +661,7 @@ static inline const char *
 nm_find_pppd (void)
 {
 	static const char *pppd_binary_paths[] = {
-		"/usr/local/sbin/pppd",
-		"/usr/sbin/pppd",
-		"/sbin/pppd",
+		"@ppp@/sbin/pppd",
 		NULL
 	};
 
@@ -988,7 +986,7 @@ nm_ppp_manager_start (NMPPPManager *manager,
 
 	/* Make sure /dev/ppp exists (bgo #533064) */
 	if (stat ("/dev/ppp", &st) || !S_ISCHR (st.st_mode))
-		ignored = system ("/sbin/modprobe ppp_generic");
+		ignored = system ("/var/run/current-system/sw/sbin/modprobe ppp_generic");
 
 	connection = nm_act_request_get_connection (req);
 	g_assert (connection);