diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b5f1447..2078311 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ bindir = $(exec_prefix)/bin
 prefix = /usr/local/
 includedir = $(prefix)/include
 libdir = $(prefix)/lib
+sysconfdir=$(prefix)/etc
 
 SRCS = $(sort $(wildcard src/*.c))
 OBJS = $(SRCS:.c=.o)
@@ -47,7 +48,7 @@ all: $(ALL_LIBS) $(ALL_TOOLS)
 install: 
 	install $(INSTALL_FLAGS) 755 $(ALL_TOOLS) $(bindir)/
 	install $(INSTALL_FLAGS) 644 $(ALL_LIBS) $(libdir)/
-	install $(INSTALL_FLAGS) 644 src/proxychains.conf $(prefix)/etc/
+	install $(INSTALL_FLAGS) 644 src/proxychains.conf $(sysconfdir)/
 
 clean:
 	rm -f $(ALL_LIBS)
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 6ce9341..cffb34c 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -11,11 +11,12 @@ spliteq() {
 
 parsearg() {
 	case "$1" in
-	--prefix=*) prefix=$(spliteq "$1");;
+	--prefix=*) prefix=`spliteq $1`;;
 	--exec_prefix=*) exec_prefix=`spliteq $1`;;
 	--bindir=*) bindir=`spliteq $1`;;
 	--libdir=*) libdir=`spliteq $1`;;
 	--includedir=*) includedir=`spliteq $1`;;
+	--sysconfdir=*) sysconfdir=`spliteq $1`;;
 	esac
 }
 
@@ -42,6 +43,10 @@ if [ ! $includedir ] ; then
 	includedir=$prefix/include
 fi
 
+if [ ! $sysconfdir ] ; then
+	sysconfdir=$prefix/etc
+fi
+
 if [ ! $bindir ] ; then
 	bindir=$exec_prefix/bin
 fi
@@ -58,6 +63,7 @@ echo exec_prefix=$exec_prefix>>config.mak
 echo bindir=$bindir>>config.mak
 echo libdir=$libdir>>config.mak
 echo includedir=$includedir>>config.mak
+echo sysconfdir=$sysconfdir>>config.mak
 if ismac ; then
 	echo LDSO_SUFFIX=dylib>>config.mak
 	echo MAC_CFLAGS+=-DIS_MAC=1>>config.mak