--- a/src/common.inc
+++ b/src/common.inc
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@
 
 export prefix = /usr/local
 export exec_prefix := $(prefix)
-export sysconfdir := $(prefix)/etc
+export sysconfdir := /etc
 export datarootdir := $(prefix)/share
 export mandir := $(datarootdir)/man
 export docdir := $(datarootdir)/doc