diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 6a9f69d939..34d1365568 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ AC_ARG_WITH(dbus-sys, [  --with-dbus-sys=<dir>   where D-BUS system.d directory
 if ! test -z "$with_dbus_sys" ; then
     DBUS_SYS_DIR="$with_dbus_sys"
 else
-    DBUS_SYS_DIR="$SYSCONFDIR/dbus-1/system.d"
+    DBUS_SYS_DIR="/etc/dbus-1/system.d"
 fi
 AC_SUBST(DBUS_SYS_DIR)
 AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(DBUS_SYSTEMD_DIR, "$DBUS_SYS_DIR", [Where system.d dir for DBUS is])