diff --git a/js/misc/config.js.in b/js/misc/config.js.in
index f296275ca..28bff96e4 100644
--- a/js/misc/config.js.in
+++ b/js/misc/config.js.in
@@ -14,6 +14,6 @@ var GETTEXT_PACKAGE = '@GETTEXT_PACKAGE@';
 var LOCALEDIR = '@datadir@/locale';
 /* other standard directories */
 var LIBEXECDIR = '@libexecdir@';
-var NMPREFIXDIR = '@nmprefixdir@';
+var VPNDIR = '@vpndir@';
 /* g-i package versions */
 var LIBMUTTER_API_VERSION = '@LIBMUTTER_API_VERSION@'
diff --git a/js/misc/meson.build b/js/misc/meson.build
index bbdc0411e..5a4871762 100644
--- a/js/misc/meson.build
+++ b/js/misc/meson.build
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ jsconf.set10('HAVE_BLUETOOTH', bt_dep.found())
 jsconf.set10('HAVE_NETWORKMANAGER', have_networkmanager)
 jsconf.set('datadir', datadir)
 jsconf.set('libexecdir', libexecdir)
-jsconf.set('nmprefixdir', nm_prefix)
+jsconf.set('vpndir', vpndir)
 
 config_js = configure_file(
   input: 'config.js.in',
diff --git a/js/ui/components/networkAgent.js b/js/ui/components/networkAgent.js
index 6b6c31730..26cb24758 100644
--- a/js/ui/components/networkAgent.js
+++ b/js/ui/components/networkAgent.js
@@ -594,7 +594,7 @@ var NetworkAgent = new Lang.Class({
         this._vpnRequests = { };
         this._notifications = { };
 
-        this._pluginDir = Gio.file_new_for_path(GLib.build_filenamev([Config.NMPREFIXDIR, 'lib/NetworkManager/VPN']));
+        this._pluginDir = Gio.file_new_for_path(Config.VPNDIR);
         try {
             let monitor = this._pluginDir.monitor(Gio.FileMonitorFlags.NONE, null);
             monitor.connect('changed', () => { this._vpnCacheBuilt = false; });
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index a0aafa205..7918fb30c 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -105,16 +105,13 @@ if get_option('networkmanager')
   nm_deps += dependency('libnm', version: nm_req)
   nm_deps += dependency('libsecret-1', version: secret_req)
 
+  vpndir = nm_deps[0].get_pkgconfig_variable('vpnservicedir')
+
   have_networkmanager = true
 else
-  have_networkmanager = false
-endif
+  vpndir = prefix
 
-networkmanager_dep = dependency('NetworkManager', required: false)
-if (networkmanager_dep.found())
-  nm_prefix = networkmanager_dep.get_pkgconfig_variable('prefix')
-else
-  nm_prefix = prefix
+  have_networkmanager = false
 endif
 
 if get_option('systemd')