diff --git a/astronaut/astronaut b/astronaut/astronaut
index 4dc0f83..b5b0cc5 100755
--- a/astronaut/astronaut
+++ b/astronaut/astronaut
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ dir_build="$PWD/build"  # Temporary directory to build packages
 dir_source="$PWD/source"  # Directory where the package sources will be placed
 dir_install="$PWD/install"  # Directory where the package will be installed
 dir_sysroot=""  # The root dir (The directory programs will look in and symlinks will point to)
-dir_prefix="usr"  # Prefix directory
+dir_prefix="/usr"  # Prefix directory
 cmd_download="curl -# -L -o {dst} {src}"  # Command to execute to download files
 cmd_extract="tar -x -C {dst} -f {src}"  # Command to execute to extract files
 unset dir_satellites  # Directory where the satellite files are placed.