AC_ARG_WITH([rootprefix],
AS_HELP_STRING([--with-rootprefix=DIR], [rootfs directory prefix for config files and kernel modules]),
[], [with_rootprefix=${ac_default_prefix}])
+# --with-rootprefix= (empty) should default to "/" but AX_NORMALIZE_PATH
+# defaults those to ".", solve that here for now until we can find a suitable
+# fix for AX_NORMALIZE_PATH upstream at autoconf-archive.
+# See: https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/54
+if test "x${with_rootprefix}" = "x"; then
+ with_rootprefix="/"
+fi
AX_NORMALIZE_PATH([with_rootprefix])
AC_ARG_WITH([rootlibdir],