diff --git a/abuild.in b/abuild.in
index ed0cb03..a8bfddb 100755
--- a/abuild.in
+++ b/abuild.in
@@ -646,6 +646,10 @@ postcheck() {
 				return 1
 			fi
 		done
+		if [ -d "$dir"/usr/var ]; then
+			error "Found /usr/var, localstatedir is most likely wrong"
+			return 1
+		fi
 	fi
 	# look for *.la files
 	i=$(find "$dir" -name '*.la' | sed "s|^$dir|\t|")