diff --git a/sys-auth/elogind/elogind-246.10-r1.ebuild b/sys-auth/elogind/elogind-246.10-r1.ebuild
index 91b8f39f39c7a..3b8faac4eea27 100644
--- a/sys-auth/elogind/elogind-246.10-r1.ebuild
+++ b/sys-auth/elogind/elogind-246.10-r1.ebuild
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ src_install() {
 
 	newinitd "${FILESDIR}"/${PN}.init-r1 ${PN}
 
-	sed -e "s/@libdir@/$(get_libdir)/" "${FILESDIR}"/${PN}.conf.in > ${PN}.conf || die
+	sed -e "s|@libdir@|$(get_libdir)|" "${FILESDIR}"/${PN}.conf.in > ${PN}.conf || die
 	newconfd ${PN}.conf ${PN}
 }
 
diff --git a/sys-auth/elogind/elogind-246.9.2.ebuild b/sys-auth/elogind/elogind-246.9.2.ebuild
index 62753f538d0ee..bb0cc8f4ea3ce 100644
--- a/sys-auth/elogind/elogind-246.9.2.ebuild
+++ b/sys-auth/elogind/elogind-246.9.2.ebuild
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ src_install() {
 
 	newinitd "${FILESDIR}"/${PN}.init-r1 ${PN}
 
-	sed -e "s/@libdir@/$(get_libdir)/" "${FILESDIR}"/${PN}.conf.in > ${PN}.conf || die
+	sed -e "s|@libdir@|$(get_libdir)|" "${FILESDIR}"/${PN}.conf.in > ${PN}.conf || die
 	newconfd ${PN}.conf ${PN}
 }