diff --git a/appl/telnet/telnetd/telnetd.h b/appl/telnet/telnetd/telnetd.h
index 610725f71..5ca59bfda 100644
--- a/appl/telnet/telnetd/telnetd.h
+++ b/appl/telnet/telnetd/telnetd.h
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@
 /* BINDIR should be defined somewhere else... */
 
 #ifndef BINDIR
-#define BINDIR "/usr/athena"
+#define BINDIR "/usr/athena/bin"
 #endif
 
 #undef _PATH_LOGIN