--- gdal-1.11.2/gcore/gdaldrivermanager.cpp.orig	2015-02-10 13:12:08.000000000 +0100
+++ gdal-1.11.2/gcore/gdaldrivermanager.cpp	2015-03-01 21:11:24.537623226 +0100
@@ -686,12 +686,12 @@
     }
     else
     {
-#ifdef GDAL_PREFIX
+#if 1
         papszSearchPath = CSLAddString( papszSearchPath,
     #ifdef MACOSX_FRAMEWORK
                                         GDAL_PREFIX "/PlugIns");
     #else
-                                        GDAL_PREFIX "/lib/gdalplugins" );
+                                        GDAL_LIBDIR "/gdalplugins" );
     #endif
 #else
         char szExecPath[1024];
--- gdal-1.11.2/configure.ac.orig	2015-03-01 09:07:33.069445871 +0100
+++ gdal-1.11.2/configure.ac	2015-03-01 21:13:55.727616880 +0100
@@ -3812,12 +3812,16 @@
 
 if test "$prefix" = "NONE" ; then 
   GDAL_PREFIX=/usr/local
+  GDAL_LIBDIR=${GDAL_PREFIX}/lib
 else
   GDAL_PREFIX=${prefix}
+  eval eval GDAL_LIBDIR="${libdir}"
 fi
 
 export GDAL_PREFIX
+export GDAL_LIBDIR
 AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(GDAL_PREFIX,["]$GDAL_PREFIX["], [--prefix directory for GDAL install])
+AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(GDAL_LIBDIR,["]$GDAL_LIBDIR["], [--prefix directory for GDAL install])
 
 dnl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 dnl Perl bindings.