diff --git a/tools/coverage.sh.in b/tools/coverage.sh.in
index 5372ee0c83..46a5f9af38 100644
--- a/tools/coverage.sh.in
+++ b/tools/coverage.sh.in
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 export GCOV_PREFIX_STRIP=4
-export GCOV_PREFIX=@var@/lib/pacemaker/gcov/
+export GCOV_PREFIX=@localstate@/lib/pacemaker/gcov/
 
 lcov -d @localstatedir@/lib/pacemaker/gcov/ -z
 
 @datadir@/@PACKAGE@/tests/pengine/regression.sh
 @datadir@/@PACKAGE@/tests/cli/regression.sh
 
 lcov -d @localstatedir@/lib/pacemaker/gcov/ -c -o pacemaker.info
 
 mkdir html
 genhtml --src-prefix-remove @localstatedir@/lib/pacemaker/gcov/  --src-prefix-add /usr/src/debug/pacemaker/ -o html pacemaker.info