diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 0ace2ed1..bd04faed 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ math(EXPR LINUX_VERSION_CODE "${LINUX_VERSION_MAJOR} * 65536 + ${LINUX_VERSION_M
 # compat with various install paths
 set(BINDIR ${CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_BINDIR})
 set(SBINDIR ${CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_SBINDIR})
-set(ETCDIR ${CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_SYSCONFDIR})
+set(ETCDIR ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/etc)
 set(ROOTFSDIR "/rootfs")
 if (CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX STREQUAL "/usr")
 	set(KMODDIR "/lib/modules/${UNAME_R}/extra/mckernel")