diff --git a/src/bin/cook.rs b/src/bin/cook.rs
index 220ae3719..44e697daf 100644
--- a/src/bin/cook.rs
+++ b/src/bin/cook.rs
@@ -699,7 +699,7 @@ function cookbook_cargo_packages {
 COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE="${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/configure"
 COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS=(
     --host="${GNU_TARGET}"
-    --prefix=""
+    --prefix="/usr"
     --disable-shared
     --enable-static
 )