diff --git a/lib/rubygems/defaults.rb b/lib/rubygems/defaults.rb
index 995b81e..b96d912 100644
--- a/lib/rubygems/defaults.rb
+++ b/lib/rubygems/defaults.rb
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ module Gem
 
   def self.default_bindir
     if defined? RUBY_FRAMEWORK_VERSION then # mac framework support
-      '/usr/bin'
+      '/usr/local/bin'
     else # generic install
       ConfigMap[:bindir]
     end