diff --git a/base/acl/acl.conf b/base/acl/acl.conf
index f5a0ef7b4..5da6cbecc 100644
--- a/base/acl/acl.conf
+++ b/base/acl/acl.conf
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
 #
 # Filename: package/.../acl/acl.conf
-# Copyright (C) 2007 - 2008 The OpenSDE Project
+# Copyright (C) 2007 - 2012 The OpenSDE Project
 # Copyright (C) 2004 - 2006 The T2 SDE Project
 # Copyright (C) 1998 - 2003 Clifford Wolf
 #
@@ -17,5 +17,17 @@
 # adjust libdir
 libdir="/${libdir##*/}"
 
+# workaround to not get libacl.{a,la,so} installed into /usr/libexec
+#
+# Note!
+# It seems that upstream developers are (mis)using libexecdir to differentiate
+# between /lib and /usr/lib, where development related libraries and symlinks
+# should go!
+#
+# Even if we set --libexecdir=/lib the OpenSDE framework will take care that
+# development related libraries and symlinks are correctly installed into
+# /usr/lib!
+var_append extraconfopt ' ' "--libexecdir=$libdir"
+
 # also install headers and libs
 makeinstopt="$makeinstopt install-lib install-dev"