diff --git a/Makefile.top.in b/Makefile.top.in
index d0cadd1..98b1b12 100644
--- a/Makefile.top.in
+++ b/Makefile.top.in
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ YACC=@YACC@
 
 prefix=@prefix@
 exec_prefix=@exec_prefix@
+sysconfdir=@sysconfdir@
 sbindir=@sbindir@
 libdir=@libdir@
 
diff --git a/config/Makefile.in b/config/Makefile.in
index 9fae536..bc1e382 100644
--- a/config/Makefile.in
+++ b/config/Makefile.in
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ clean:
 	rm -f ${TARGETS} *~ *.o testprog config.tab.c config.tab.h config.c
 
 install:
-	if [ ! -f ${DESTDIR}/etc/fence_virt.conf ]; then \
-		install -m 0644 example.conf ${DESTDIR}/etc/fence_virt.conf; \
+	if [ ! -d ${DESTDIR}/${sysconfdir} ]; then \
+		install -d ${DESTDIR}/${sysconfdir} ; \
+	fi
+	if [ ! -f ${DESTDIR}/${sysconfdir}/fence_virt.conf ]; then \
+		install -m 0644 example.conf ${DESTDIR}/${sysconfdir}/fence_virt.conf; \
 	fi