diff --git a/community/hexagonrpcd/APKBUILD b/community/hexagonrpcd/APKBUILD
index e64f17a0caa..f95872aabe9 100644
--- a/community/hexagonrpcd/APKBUILD
+++ b/community/hexagonrpcd/APKBUILD
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Maintainer: Dylan Van Assche <me@dylanvanassche.be>
 pkgname=hexagonrpcd
 pkgver=0.3.2
-pkgrel=2
+pkgrel=3
 pkgdesc="Qualcomm HexagonFS daemon"
 url="https://github.com/linux-msm/hexagonrpc"
 # s390x: fails on 1 test. Hexagonrpcd is specific to Qualcomm ARM SoCs, so let's ignore it for now.
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ source="$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz::https://github.com/linux-msm/hexagonrpc/archive
 	$pkgname-adsp-rootpd.initd
 	$pkgname-adsp-sensorspd.initd
 	$pkgname-sdsp.initd
-	$pkgname.confd
 	"
 builddir="$srcdir/hexagonrpc-$pkgver"
 
@@ -41,17 +40,13 @@ package() {
 	install -Dm755 "$srcdir"/$pkgname-adsp-rootpd.initd "$pkgdir"/etc/init.d/$pkgname-adsp-rootpd
 	install -Dm755 "$srcdir"/$pkgname-adsp-sensorspd.initd "$pkgdir"/etc/init.d/$pkgname-adsp-sensorspd
 	install -Dm755 "$srcdir"/$pkgname-sdsp.initd "$pkgdir"/etc/init.d/$pkgname-sdsp
-	install -Dm644 "$srcdir"/$pkgname.confd "$pkgdir"/etc/conf.d/$pkgname-sdsp
-	install -Dm644 "$srcdir"/$pkgname.confd "$pkgdir"/etc/conf.d/$pkgname-adsp-rootpd
-	install -Dm644 "$srcdir"/$pkgname.confd "$pkgdir"/etc/conf.d/$pkgname-adsp-sensorspd
 }
 
 
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+3514e3d06d4e318bab623d49d3122b2c3ccb83b62958d53fad04d0f906ae7af143eebb2e3f82dc914f5f4a5256a79b60b7d2f8dda3d628729bbb760cb8f7dd88  hexagonrpcd-adsp-sensorspd.initd
+c78e4c02904d359433b2d1c5c6daa9379fcf6afb1cb78bc04451b483e8e2060a2d29b186edb4346b6d61780faba8aa0e94247ece5f31d410ec76434ee5fa006d  hexagonrpcd-sdsp.initd
 "
diff --git a/community/hexagonrpcd/hexagonrpcd-adsp-rootpd.initd b/community/hexagonrpcd/hexagonrpcd-adsp-rootpd.initd
index 4c24379d81e..f0bd0b916f4 100644
--- a/community/hexagonrpcd/hexagonrpcd-adsp-rootpd.initd
+++ b/community/hexagonrpcd/hexagonrpcd-adsp-rootpd.initd
@@ -5,5 +5,18 @@ name="Hexagonrpcd ADSP RootPD"
 description="Daemon to support Qualcomm Hexagon ADSP virtual filesystem for RootPD"
 
 command=/usr/bin/hexagonrpcd
-command_args="-f /dev/fastrpc-adsp -d adsp -R ${hexagonrpcd_fw_dir}"
 command_user=fastrpc:fastrpc
+
+# Implement some conf loading heirarchy where the fw path is loaded from these
+# locations in order of precedence:
+# 1) /etc/conf.d/$RC_SVCNAME
+# 2) /usr/share/hexagonrpcd/$RC_SVCNAME".conf
+# 3) use default path (/usr/share/qcom)
+if [ -z "$hexagonrpcd_fw_dir" ]; then
+	# note: /etc/conf.d is sourced automatically by openrc, so if the var is empty
+	# here then that conf doesn't exist
+	[ -f "/usr/share/hexagonrpcd/$RC_SVCNAME".conf ] && . "/usr/share/hexagonrpcd/$RC_SVCNAME".conf
+	hexagonrpcd_fw_dir="${hexagonrpcd_fw_dir:-/usr/share/qcom}"
+fi
+
+command_args="-f /dev/fastrpc-adsp -d adsp -R ${hexagonrpcd_fw_dir}"
diff --git a/community/hexagonrpcd/hexagonrpcd-adsp-sensorspd.initd b/community/hexagonrpcd/hexagonrpcd-adsp-sensorspd.initd
index c313c092727..c7962f62396 100644
--- a/community/hexagonrpcd/hexagonrpcd-adsp-sensorspd.initd
+++ b/community/hexagonrpcd/hexagonrpcd-adsp-sensorspd.initd
@@ -5,5 +5,18 @@ name="Hexagonrpcd ADSP SensorPD"
 description="Daemon to support Qualcomm Hexagon ADSP virtual filesystem for SensorPD"
 
 command=/usr/bin/hexagonrpcd
-command_args="-f /dev/fastrpc-adsp -d adsp -s -R ${hexagonrpcd_fw_dir}"
 command_user=fastrpc:fastrpc
+
+# Implement some conf loading heirarchy where the fw path is loaded from these
+# locations in order of precedence:
+# 1) /etc/conf.d/$RC_SVCNAME
+# 2) /usr/share/hexagonrpcd/$RC_SVCNAME".conf
+# 3) use default path (/usr/share/qcom)
+if [ -z "$hexagonrpcd_fw_dir" ]; then
+	# note: /etc/conf.d is sourced automatically by openrc, so if the var is empty
+	# here then that conf doesn't exist
+	[ -f "/usr/share/hexagonrpcd/$RC_SVCNAME".conf ] && . "/usr/share/hexagonrpcd/$RC_SVCNAME".conf
+	hexagonrpcd_fw_dir="${hexagonrpcd_fw_dir:-/usr/share/qcom}"
+fi
+
+command_args="-f /dev/fastrpc-adsp -d adsp -s -R ${hexagonrpcd_fw_dir}"
diff --git a/community/hexagonrpcd/hexagonrpcd-sdsp.initd b/community/hexagonrpcd/hexagonrpcd-sdsp.initd
index a81bb2f3b82..d601537a8e1 100644
--- a/community/hexagonrpcd/hexagonrpcd-sdsp.initd
+++ b/community/hexagonrpcd/hexagonrpcd-sdsp.initd
@@ -5,5 +5,18 @@ name="Hexagonrpcd SDSP"
 description="Daemon to support Qualcomm Hexagon SDSP virtual filesystem"
 
 command=/usr/bin/hexagonrpcd
-command_args="-f /dev/fastrpc-sdsp -d sdsp -s -R ${hexagonrpcd_fw_dir}"
 command_user=fastrpc:fastrpc
+
+# Implement some conf loading heirarchy where the fw path is loaded from these
+# locations in order of precedence:
+# 1) /etc/conf.d/$RC_SVCNAME
+# 2) /usr/share/hexagonrpcd/$RC_SVCNAME".conf
+# 3) use default path (/usr/share/qcom)
+if [ -z "$hexagonrpcd_fw_dir" ]; then
+	# note: /etc/conf.d is sourced automatically by openrc, so if the var is empty
+	# here then that conf doesn't exist
+	[ -f "/usr/share/hexagonrpcd/$RC_SVCNAME".conf ] && . "/usr/share/hexagonrpcd/$RC_SVCNAME".conf
+	hexagonrpcd_fw_dir="${hexagonrpcd_fw_dir:-/usr/share/qcom}"
+fi
+
+command_args="-f /dev/fastrpc-sdsp -d sdsp -s -R ${hexagonrpcd_fw_dir}"
diff --git a/community/hexagonrpcd/hexagonrpcd.confd b/community/hexagonrpcd/hexagonrpcd.confd
deleted file mode 100644
index f1ff0213b94..00000000000
--- a/community/hexagonrpcd/hexagonrpcd.confd
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-# By default, hexagonrpcd searches for firmware in /usr/share/qcom. 
-# But it can be overrided using the hexagonrpcd_fw_dir option below.
-# To learn more, kindly refer to https://gitlab.com/sdm670-mainline/hexagonrpc#hexagonfs.
-hexagonrpcd_fw_dir="/usr/share/qcom"