diff --git a/lib/Slic3r.pm b/lib/Slic3r.pm

index 154af90..ef8274c 100644

--- a/lib/Slic3r.pm

+++ b/lib/Slic3r.pm

@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ warn "Running Slic3r under Perl 5.16 is neither supported nor recommended\n"

 use FindBin;

 # Path to the images.

-my $varpath = decode_path($FindBin::Bin) . "/var";

+my $varpath = "/usr/share/slic3r";

 if ($^O eq 'darwin' && !-d $varpath) {

     $varpath = decode_path($FindBin::Bin) . "/../Resources/var";

 }