diff --git a/tools/c_rehash b/tools/c_rehash
index d89ab38e645d277b52df0c37847ef1ef444abb07..cc3b65871f06a8987e9509ebe32de9244bd4221a 100644
--- a/tools/c_rehash
+++ b/tools/c_rehash
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ if [ "$OPENSSL"x = "x" -o ! -x "$OPENSSL" ]; then
 	OPENSSL='openssl'
 	export OPENSSL
 fi
-DIR=/usr/ssl
+DIR=/usr/local/ssl
 PATH=$DIR/bin:$PATH
 
 if [ ! -f "$OPENSSL" ]; then
diff --git a/util/mk1mf.pl b/util/mk1mf.pl
index 438097b600420679b8fd3b67f894ac628c863cd0..7749505c508d28f2bbfb3119f6c385335f93af0a 100755
--- a/util/mk1mf.pl
+++ b/util/mk1mf.pl
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # funny stuff
 #
 
-$INSTALLTOP="/usr/ssl";
+$INSTALLTOP="/usr/local/ssl";
 
 $ssl_version="0.9.2b";