--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ CP		= @CP@
 VPATH		= @srcdir@
 prefix		= @prefix@
 exec_prefix     = @exec_prefix@
+sysconfdir      = @sysconfdir@
 datarootdir	= @datarootdir@
 bindir          = @bindir@
 mandir		= @mandir@/man1
@@ -40,13 +41,13 @@ distclean: clean
 	-$(RM) $(TARGET) config.h config.log \
 	config.status Makefile mbuffer.1 core
 
-$(DESTDIR)$(etcdir):
+$(DESTDIR)$(sysconfdir):
 	-$(INSTALL) -d -m 755 $@
 
-$(DESTDIR)$(etcdir)/mbuffer.rc:
-	$(INSTALL) -m 644 mbuffer.rc $(DESTDIR)$(etcdir)
+$(DESTDIR)$(sysconfdir)/mbuffer.rc:
+	$(INSTALL) -m 644 mbuffer.rc $(DESTDIR)$(sysconfdir)/
 
-install: $(TARGET) $(DESTDIR)$(etcdir) $(DESTDIR)$(etcdir)/mbuffer.rc
+install: $(TARGET) $(DESTDIR)$(sysconfdir) $(DESTDIR)$(sysconfdir)/mbuffer.rc
 	-$(INSTALL) -d -m 755 $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)
 	$(INSTALL) -m 755 $(TARGET) $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/
 	-$(INSTALL) -d -m 755 $(DESTDIR)$(mandir)