diff --git a/install_httpd-2.2.sh b/install_httpd-2.2.sh
index 6a399dc..40374c3 100755
--- a/install_httpd-2.2.sh
+++ b/install_httpd-2.2.sh
@@ -589,7 +589,11 @@ if [ ! -f "/etc/logrotate.d/apache2" ]; then
          if [[ -f "/var/log/apache2/php_errors.log" ]] ; then
             chown ${HTTPD_USER}:${HTTPD_GROUP} /var/log/apache2/php_errors.log
          fi
-         APACHECTL="\$(which apachectl)"
+         if [[ -x "/usr/local/apache2/bin/apachectl" ]]; then
+            APACHECTL="/usr/local/apache2/bin/apachectl"
+         else
+            APACHECTL="\$(which apachectl)"
+         fi
          if [[ -z "\$APACHECTL" ]] ; then
             if [[ -f "/etc/init.d/apache2" ]; then
                /etc/init.d/apache2 reload > /dev/null
diff --git a/install_httpd-2.4.sh b/install_httpd-2.4.sh
index 37e2faa..e503cf8 100755
--- a/install_httpd-2.4.sh
+++ b/install_httpd-2.4.sh
@@ -3586,7 +3586,11 @@ if [ ! -f "/etc/logrotate.d/apache2" ]; then
          if [[ -f "/var/log/apache2/php_errors.log" ]] ; then
             chown ${HTTPD_USER}:${HTTPD_GROUP} /var/log/apache2/php_errors.log
          fi
-         APACHECTL="\$(which apachectl)"
+         if [[ -x "/usr/local/apache2/bin/apachectl" ]]; then
+            APACHECTL="/usr/local/apache2/bin/apachectl"
+         else
+            APACHECTL="\$(which apachectl)"
+         fi
          if [[ -z "\$APACHECTL" ]] ; then
             if [[ -f "/etc/init.d/apache2" ]; then
                /etc/init.d/apache2 reload > /dev/null