diff --git a/gnu/packages/parallel.scm b/gnu/packages/parallel.scm
index 167d03b954162d7c7688d5ef7775468eb88f4355..ceedae2e61003f091bb608d91157fc3d7badfb18 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/parallel.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/parallel.scm
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ (define-public slurm
    (build-system gnu-build-system)
    (arguments
     `(#:configure-flags
-      (list "--enable-pam"
+      (list "--enable-pam" "--sysconfdir=/etc/slurm"
             (string-append "--with-freeipmi=" (assoc-ref %build-inputs "freeipmi"))
             (string-append "--with-hwloc=" (assoc-ref %build-inputs "hwloc"))
             (string-append "--with-json=" (assoc-ref %build-inputs "json-c"))