diff --git a/options.h b/options.h
index 3cf430b42a94d6221ac763c1fd3d744f16f92ca5..73156a43b9a804480b03175eee240952d3b62de8 100644
--- a/options.h
+++ b/options.h
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ much traffic. */
 /* The command to invoke for xauth when using X11 forwarding.
  * "-q" for quiet */
 #ifndef XAUTH_COMMAND
-#define XAUTH_COMMAND "/usr/X11R6/bin/xauth -q"
+#define XAUTH_COMMAND "/usr/bin/X11/xauth -q"
 #endif
 
 /* if you want to enable running an sftp server (such as the one included with