diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ac84f6eb..e5a91355 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -155,5 +155,7 @@ utils/rdselect_helper/rdprofile.h
 utils/rdselect_helper/rdselect_helper
 utils/sas_shim/sas_shim
 web/rdfeed/rdfeed.xml
+xdg/rdalsaconfig-root-consolehelper
+xdg/rddbconfig-root-consolehelper
 xdg/rivendell-opsguide-html.desktop
 xdg/rivendell-opsguide-pdf.desktop
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 93685fa3..a4e328dd 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -18406,3 +18406,7 @@
 2019-01-17 Fred Gleason <fredg@paravelsystems.com>
 	* Fixed a bug in rdrender(1) that caused corruption when printing
 	UTF-8 characters.
+2019-01-18 Fred Gleason <fredg@paravelsystems.com>
+	* Fixed a path bug in the Console Helper configuration that broke
+	startup of rdalsaconfig(8) and rddbconfig(8) from the desktop
+	menu when using default --prefix= value.
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 6059279d..70e1cd7c 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -551,6 +551,8 @@ AC_CONFIG_FILES([rivendell.spec \
     utils/rmlsend/Makefile \
     utils/sas_shim/Makefile \
     xdg/Makefile \
+    xdg/rdalsaconfig-root-consolehelper \
+    xdg/rddbconfig-root-consolehelper \
     ])
 AC_OUTPUT()
 
diff --git a/xdg/Makefile.am b/xdg/Makefile.am
index 37bd1288..8f564b91 100644
--- a/xdg/Makefile.am
+++ b/xdg/Makefile.am
@@ -67,9 +67,9 @@ uninstall-local:
 	rm -f $(DESTDIR)/etc/security/console.apps/rddbconfig-root
 	rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(prefix)/bin/rddbconfig-root
 
-EXTRA_DIST = rdalsaconfig-root-consolehelper\
+EXTRA_DIST = rdalsaconfig-root-consolehelper.in\
              rdalsaconfig-root-pam\
-             rddbconfig-root-consolehelper\
+             rddbconfig-root-consolehelper.in\
              rddbconfig-root-pam\
              rivendell-configuration.directory\
              rivendell-documentation.directory\
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ EXTRA_DIST = rdalsaconfig-root-consolehelper\
              rivendell-utilities.directory
 
 CLEANFILES = *~
-
+DISTCLEANFILES = rdalsaconfig-root-consolehelper\
+                 rddbconfig-root-consolehelper
 MAINTAINERCLEANFILES = *~\
                        Makefile.in
diff --git a/xdg/rdalsaconfig-root-consolehelper b/xdg/rdalsaconfig-root-consolehelper
deleted file mode 100644
index b7ec8ebe..00000000
--- a/xdg/rdalsaconfig-root-consolehelper
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-USER=root
-PROGRAM=/usr/bin/rdalsaconfig
-SESSION=true
diff --git a/xdg/rdalsaconfig-root-consolehelper.in b/xdg/rdalsaconfig-root-consolehelper.in
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1bdf6fd1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xdg/rdalsaconfig-root-consolehelper.in
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+USER=root
+PROGRAM=@prefix@/bin/rdalsaconfig
+SESSION=true
diff --git a/xdg/rddbconfig-root-consolehelper b/xdg/rddbconfig-root-consolehelper
deleted file mode 100644
index 27bc80f6..00000000
--- a/xdg/rddbconfig-root-consolehelper
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-USER=root
-PROGRAM=/usr/bin/rddbconfig
-SESSION=true
diff --git a/xdg/rddbconfig-root-consolehelper.in b/xdg/rddbconfig-root-consolehelper.in
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..30bba849
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xdg/rddbconfig-root-consolehelper.in
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+USER=root
+PROGRAM=@prefix@/bin/rddbconfig
+SESSION=true