diff --git a/support/apachectl.in b/support/apachectl.in
index 47aeb3d..81ce9bf 100644
--- a/support/apachectl.in
+++ b/support/apachectl.in
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ ERROR=$?
 
 case $ACMD in
 start|stop|restart|graceful|graceful-stop)
-    $HTTPD $OPTIONS -k $ARGV
+    $sbindir/httpd $OPTIONS -k $ARGV
     ERROR=$?
     ;;
 startssl|sslstart|start-SSL)