diff --git a/src/bin/cook.rs b/src/bin/cook.rs
index 174d56e3716820d1b733aeef7d8d6aa7a7af8a4f..482c5605825e1a7e9c05c1bf76b31725e09f3f8e 100644
--- a/src/bin/cook.rs
+++ b/src/bin/cook.rs
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ function DYNAMIC_INIT {
 
   COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS=(
     --host="${GNU_TARGET}"
-    --prefix=""
+    --prefix="/usr"
     --enable-shared
     --disable-static
   )