diff --git a/options.h b/options.h
index 412cfc6ad78ea84daee1b5d5c8ec32bcbb78b199..83b0b24f2d4bd6ba2d5d9494f634e7f88a909f3d 100644
--- a/options.h
+++ b/options.h
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ 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