diff --git a/tools/libxl/libxl.c b/tools/libxl/libxl.c
index 7e7bc3ddeb..54b0ff1d67 100644
--- a/tools/libxl/libxl.c
+++ b/tools/libxl/libxl.c
@@ -1733,7 +1733,7 @@ retry_transaction:
         goto out_close;
     if (!rc) { /* inner child */
         libxl__exec(null, logfile_w, logfile_w,
-                   libxl__abs_path(&gc, info->device_model, libxl_private_bindir_path()),
+                   libxl__abs_path(&gc, info->device_model, libxl_libexec_path()),
                    args);
     }