diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 589271c1cb1939a95fdf7a7096b20ecdeb7cbabe..e31e63d754f3ea188c1bb5e579735b385f622522 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ AC_ARG_WITH([ssh-initscript],
   [AS_HELP_STRING([--with-ssh-initscript],
     [SSH init script to use (default is /etc/init.d/ssh)]
   )],
-  [initd_ssh="$withval"],
-  [initd_ssh="/etc/init.d/ssh"])
-AC_SUBST(INITD_SSH, $initd_ssh)
+  [ssh_initd_script="$withval"],
+  [ssh_initd_script="/etc/init.d/ssh"])
+AC_SUBST(SSH_INITD_SCRIPT, $ssh_initd_script)
 
 # Check common programs
 AC_PROG_INSTALL
diff --git a/lib/Makefile.am b/lib/Makefile.am
index c4e4fcd03131f2f007241982900f7e47cfd4ebc7..c6b643658fc2b6ef8133b388cf21f3509b970db6 100644
--- a/lib/Makefile.am
+++ b/lib/Makefile.am
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-CLEANFILES = $(nodist_pkgpython_PYTHON) *.py[oc]
+SSH_INITD_SCRIPT = @SSH_INITD_SCRIPT@
 
-INITD_SSH = @INITD_SSH@
+CLEANFILES = $(nodist_pkgpython_PYTHON) *.py[oc]
 
 nodist_pkgpython_PYTHON = _autoconf.py
 pkgpython_PYTHON = __init__.py backend.py cli.py cmdlib.py config.py \
@@ -15,5 +15,5 @@ _autoconf.py: Makefile
 	  echo "PACKAGE_VERSION = '$(PACKAGE_VERSION)'"; \
 	  echo "LOCALSTATEDIR = '$(localstatedir)'"; \
 	  echo "SYSCONFDIR = '$(sysconfdir)'"; \
-	  echo "INITD_SSH = '$(INITD_SSH)'"; \
+	  echo "SSH_INITD_SCRIPT = '$(SSH_INITD_SCRIPT)'"; \
 	} > $@
diff --git a/lib/backend.py b/lib/backend.py
index 33daa2327d9c1baba2f5bcdd87e5aad90bc5a2be..4314a63923eefe70c53616ae032c95488818c568 100644
--- a/lib/backend.py
+++ b/lib/backend.py
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ from ganeti import constants
 from ganeti import bdev
 from ganeti import objects
 from ganeti import ssconf
-from ganeti import _autoconf
 
 
 def StartMaster():
@@ -121,7 +120,7 @@ def AddNode(dsa, dsapub, rsa, rsapub, sshkey, sshpub):
   finally:
     f.close()
 
-  utils.RunCmd([_autoconf.INITD_SSH, "restart"])
+  utils.RunCmd([constants.SSH_INITD_SCRIPT, "restart"])
 
   return True
 
diff --git a/lib/constants.py b/lib/constants.py
index f3d80ec3c85e1302f3f0c172afb6d3772f833db0..a495ba570dfb264eb18ff7184e6c111cf466d1b8 100644
--- a/lib/constants.py
+++ b/lib/constants.py
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ WATCHER_STATEFILE = DATA_DIR + "/restart_state"
 SSH_KNOWN_HOSTS_FILE = DATA_DIR + "/known_hosts"
 
 NODE_INITD_SCRIPT = _autoconf.SYSCONFDIR + "/init.d/ganeti"
+SSH_INITD_SCRIPT = _autoconf.SSH_INITD_SCRIPT
 DEFAULT_NODED_PORT = 1811
 FIRST_DRBD_PORT = 11000
 LAST_DRBD_PORT = 14999