diff --git a/gnu/packages/package-management.scm b/gnu/packages/package-management.scm
index e74491a827873cd563b7147a69123c11b4417c81..672ae9ad6b835c518d8d0dffd68cdb61a30a7049 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/package-management.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/package-management.scm
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ (define-public guix
     (arguments
      `(#:configure-flags (list
                           "--localstatedir=/var"
+                          "--sysconfdir=/etc"
                           (string-append "--with-libgcrypt-prefix="
                                          (assoc-ref %build-inputs
                                                     "libgcrypt")))