diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 49b4b44854fda220d9613de24744ba85ed188bbf..69d5e2399fc3c4378cdc179acb1464fd88319dff 100755
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -18,7 +18,11 @@ CXXFLAGS+=" --std=c++11 -march=native -mtune=native -Wno-unused-local-typedefs -
 NVCCFLAGS=" "
 INCLUDES_PATH=" "
 
-# Add openfpm_pdata to prefix forlder
+# Add openfpm_vcluster to prefix forlder (if prefix end if openfpm_pdata remove that path)
+if [ echo "$prefix" | grep -qE "/openfpm_pdata$" ]; then
+  prefix=$(echo "$prefix" | sed 's/\(.*\)\/openfpm_pdata$/\1/g')
+fi
+
 prefix="$prefix/openfpm_vcluster"
 echo "Installation dir is: $prefix"