diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index dabc64b577..5923ba62bb 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ default_storagedir="$prefix/storage"
 
 if test "$enable_fhs" = yes; then
   prefix="/usr"
-  sysconfdir="/etc"
+  sysconfdir="/etc/freeswitch"
   localstatedir="/var"
   default_dbdir="/var/lib/freeswitch/db"
   default_grammardir="/usr/share/freeswitch/grammar"