diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 0c723464..2e3c1651 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 project('cryptsetup',
     'c',
+    default_options: [ 'prefix=/usr' ],
     meson_version: '>=0.64',
     version: '2.7.0-git')