diff --git a/src/lib/efreet/efreet_base.c b/src/lib/efreet/efreet_base.c
index 7b1490af46..b67ac0c56c 100644
--- a/src/lib/efreet/efreet_base.c
+++ b/src/lib/efreet/efreet_base.c
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ static const char *xdg_pictures_dir = NULL;
 static const char *xdg_videos_dir = NULL;
 static const char *hostname = NULL;
 
-static Eina_Prefix *pfx= NULL;
+Eina_Prefix *_efreet_pfx= NULL;
 
 static void efreet_dirs_init(void);
 static const char *efreet_dir_get(const char *key, const char *fallback);
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ efreet_base_init(void)
         EINA_LOG_ERR("Efreet: Could not create a log domain for efreet_base.\n");
         return 0;
     }
-    if (!pfx) pfx = eina_prefix_new
+    if (!_efreet_pfx) _efreet_pfx = eina_prefix_new
         (NULL, efreet_init, "EFREET", "efreet", "checkme",
          PACKAGE_BIN_DIR, PACKAGE_LIB_DIR, PACKAGE_DATA_DIR, PACKAGE_DATA_DIR);
     efreet_dirs_init();
@@ -110,10 +110,10 @@ efreet_base_shutdown(void)
 
     IF_RELEASE(hostname);
 
-    if (pfx)
+    if (_efreet_pfx)
     {
-        eina_prefix_free(pfx);
-        pfx = NULL;
+        eina_prefix_free(_efreet_pfx);
+        _efreet_pfx = NULL;
     }
     eina_log_domain_unregister(_efreet_base_log_dom);
     _efreet_base_log_dom = -1;
@@ -340,9 +340,9 @@ efreet_dirs_init(void)
     xdg_cache_home = efreet_dir_get("XDG_CACHE_HOME", "/.cache");
 
     /* xdg_data_dirs */
-    if (pfx)
+    if (_efreet_pfx)
     {
-        const char *dir = eina_prefix_get(pfx);
+        const char *dir = eina_prefix_get(_efreet_pfx);
         if (dir)
         {
             size_t len = strlen(dir);
diff --git a/src/lib/efreet/efreet_cache.c b/src/lib/efreet/efreet_cache.c
index a801081ce9..e4075e751e 100644
--- a/src/lib/efreet/efreet_cache.c
+++ b/src/lib/efreet/efreet_cache.c
@@ -108,6 +108,8 @@ EAPI int EFREET_EVENT_ICON_CACHE_UPDATE = 0;
 EAPI int EFREET_EVENT_DESKTOP_CACHE_UPDATE = 0;
 EAPI int EFREET_EVENT_DESKTOP_CACHE_BUILD = 0;
 
+extern Eina_Prefix *_efreet_pfx;
+
 #define IPC_HEAD(_type) \
    Ecore_Ipc_Event_Server_##_type *e = event; \
    if (e->server != ipc) \
@@ -147,7 +149,13 @@ _ipc_launch(void)
    if (run_in_tree)
      bs_binary_get(buf, sizeof(buf), "efreet", "efreetd");
    else
-     snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), PACKAGE_BIN_DIR "/efreetd");
+     {
+        const char *bindir = NULL;
+
+        if (_efreet_pfx) bindir = eina_prefix_bin_get(_efreet_pfx);
+        if (bindir) snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%s/efreetd", bindir);
+        else snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), PACKAGE_BIN_DIR "/efreetd");
+     }
    ecore_exe_run(buf, NULL);
    num = 0;
    while ((!ipc) && (num < tries))