diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 1efa588a5..a7ef3a392 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -3832,7 +3832,7 @@ fi
 
 # set sysconfdir
 if test "$prefix" = /usr; then
-	sysconfdir="/etc"
+	test "$sysconfdir" = '${prefix}/etc' && sysconfdir="/etc"
 fi
 
 ac_config_files="$ac_config_files Makefile src/common.mk src/lib/Makefile src/fcopy/Makefile src/fnet/Makefile src/firejail/Makefile src/fnetfilter/Makefile src/firemon/Makefile src/libtrace/Makefile src/libtracelog/Makefile src/firecfg/Makefile src/fbuilder/Makefile src/fsec-print/Makefile src/ftee/Makefile src/faudit/Makefile src/fseccomp/Makefile src/fldd/Makefile src/libpostexecseccomp/Makefile src/fsec-optimize/Makefile"
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index f01bf2199..d1b827fef 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ AC_SUBST(HAVE_SECCOMP_H)
 
 # set sysconfdir
 if test "$prefix" = /usr; then
-	sysconfdir="/etc"
+	test "$sysconfdir" = '${prefix}/etc' && sysconfdir="/etc"
 fi
 
 AC_OUTPUT(Makefile src/common.mk src/lib/Makefile src/fcopy/Makefile src/fnet/Makefile src/firejail/Makefile src/fnetfilter/Makefile \