diff --git a/awesomeConfig.cmake b/awesomeConfig.cmake
index a0697f85d..c8b7b8fd7 100644
--- a/awesomeConfig.cmake
+++ b/awesomeConfig.cmake
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ endif()
 if(DEFINED SYSCONFDIR)
     set(SYSCONFDIR ${SYSCONFDIR} CACHE PATH "config directory")
 else()
-    set(SYSCONFDIR ${PREFIX}/etc CACHE PATH "config directory")
+    set(SYSCONFDIR /etc CACHE PATH "config directory")
 endif()
 
 #If an XDG Config Dir is specificed, use it instead