diff --git a/common/Makefile.am b/common/Makefile.am
index 3619a55d3d..9e8b6625d6 100644
--- a/common/Makefile.am
+++ b/common/Makefile.am
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ include_HEADERS = \
   xrdp_sockets.h
 
 AM_CPPFLAGS = \
-  -DXRDP_CFG_PATH=\"${sysconfdir}/xrdp\" \
+  -DXRDP_CFG_PATH=\"${sysconfdir}/${sysconfsubdir}\" \
   -DXRDP_SBIN_PATH=\"${sbindir}\" \
   -DXRDP_SHARE_PATH=\"${datadir}/xrdp\" \
   -DXRDP_PID_PATH=\"${localstatedir}/run\" \
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 694fafce63..11762b5535 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -610,6 +610,12 @@ AC_ARG_WITH([pamconfdir],
                   [], [with_pamconfdir="$sysconfdir/pam.d"])
 AC_SUBST([pamconfdir], [$with_pamconfdir])
 
+AC_ARG_WITH([sysconfsubdir],
+  [AS_HELP_STRING([--with-sysconfsubdir=DIR],
+                  [Use subdirectory for config files (default: xrdp)]))],
+                  [], [with_sysconfsubdir="xrdp"])
+AC_SUBST([sysconfsubdir], [$with_sysconfsubdir])
+
 PKG_INSTALLDIR
 
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS([sys/prctl.h uchar.h])
@@ -704,6 +710,7 @@ echo "  exec_prefix             $exec_prefix"
 echo "  libdir                  $libdir"
 echo "  bindir                  $bindir"
 echo "  sysconfdir              $sysconfdir"
+echo "  sysconfdir+subdir       $sysconfdir/$sysconfsubdir"
 echo "  pamconfdir              $pamconfdir"
 echo "  localstatedir           $localstatedir"
 echo "  runstatedir             $runstatedir"
diff --git a/docs/man/Makefile.am b/docs/man/Makefile.am
index e6db9d1cb0..235eac3f4e 100644
--- a/docs/man/Makefile.am
+++ b/docs/man/Makefile.am
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ SUBST_VARS = sed \
    -e 's|@sbindir[@]|$(sbindir)|g' \
    -e 's|@localstatedir[@]|$(localstatedir)|g' \
    -e 's|@sysconfdir[@]|$(sysconfdir)|g' \
+   -e 's|@sysconfsubdir[@]|$(sysconfsubdir)|g' \
    -e 's|@socketdir[@]|$(socketdir)|g' \
    -e 's|@xrdpconfdir[@]|$(sysconfdir)/xrdp|g' \
    -e 's|@xrdpdatadir[@]|$(datadir)/xrdp|g' \
diff --git a/docs/man/sesman.ini.5.in b/docs/man/sesman.ini.5.in
index b73fd880da..31681603f5 100644
--- a/docs/man/sesman.ini.5.in
+++ b/docs/man/sesman.ini.5.in
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ All entries in the \fB[SessionVariables]\fR section are set as
 environment variables in the user's session.
 
 .SH "FILES"
-@sysconfdir@/xrdp/sesman.ini
+@sysconfdir@/@sysconfsubdir@/sesman.ini
 
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
 .BR xrdp-sesman (8),
diff --git a/docs/man/xrdp-chansrv.8.in b/docs/man/xrdp-chansrv.8.in
index 44d5021c8c..2b642bcb86 100644
--- a/docs/man/xrdp-chansrv.8.in
+++ b/docs/man/xrdp-chansrv.8.in
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ X11 display number. Must be specified.
 
 .SH FILES
 .TP
-.I @sysconfdir@/xrdp/sesman.ini
+.I @sysconfdir@/@sysconfsubdir@/sesman.ini
 Contains some settings for this program.
 .TP
 .I @socketdir@/xrdp_chansrv_socket_*
diff --git a/docs/man/xrdp-genkeymap.8.in b/docs/man/xrdp-genkeymap.8.in
index 5e4ea63c2f..1846de6563 100644
--- a/docs/man/xrdp-genkeymap.8.in
+++ b/docs/man/xrdp-genkeymap.8.in
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ The key map information is stored in the file named \fIoutfile\fP.
 
 .SH "FILES"
 .TP
-.I @sysconfdir@/xrdp/km-XXXXXXXX.toml
+.I @sysconfdir@/@sysconfsubdir@/km-XXXXXXXX.toml
 Files containing the keyboard mapping for country and language \fIXXXXXXXX\fP.
 \fIXXXXXXXX\fP is a 8 digit hexadecimal number, representing the \fIinput
 locale identifier\fP.
diff --git a/docs/man/xrdp-keygen.8.in b/docs/man/xrdp-keygen.8.in
index 32d324588e..dd89b60f53 100644
--- a/docs/man/xrdp-keygen.8.in
+++ b/docs/man/xrdp-keygen.8.in
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ xrdp\-keygen \- xrdp RSA key generation utility
 
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 \fBxrdp\-keygen\fP generates the file
-.I @sysconfdir@/xrdp/rsakeys.ini
+.I @sysconfdir@/@sysconfsubdir@/rsakeys.ini
 which contains the RSA key pair used to perform authentication to
 remote clients. The public key is self-signed.
 
@@ -26,14 +26,14 @@ This program takes one of the following options:
 Generate a new key pair.
 The key data is stored in the file named \fIoutfile\fP.
 .br
-If \fBauto\fP is used as \fIoutfile\fP, the default file \fI@sysconfdir@/xrdp/rsakeys.ini\fP gets created if it does not yet exists.
+If \fBauto\fP is used as \fIoutfile\fP, the default file \fI@sysconfdir@/@sysconfsubdir@/rsakeys.ini\fP gets created if it does not yet exists.
 .TP
 .B test
 Generate a test key pair and print information to standard output.
 
 .SH FILES
 .TP
-.I @sysconfdir@/xrdp/rsakeys.ini
+.I @sysconfdir@/@sysconfsubdir@/rsakeys.ini
 RSA public and private key pair used to identify this XRDP server.
 
 .SH SEE ALSO
diff --git a/docs/man/xrdp-km.toml.5.in b/docs/man/xrdp-km.toml.5.in
index a9dbc4322d..d3a05fb078 100644
--- a/docs/man/xrdp-km.toml.5.in
+++ b/docs/man/xrdp-km.toml.5.in
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 \fBxrdp-km.toml\fR \- \fBxrdp\fP key mapping file
 
 .SH "DESCRIPTION"
-Key mapping files are located at \fB@sysconfdir@/xrdp/km-XXXXXXXX.toml\fP
+Key mapping files are located at \fB@sysconfdir@/@sysconfsubdir@/km-XXXXXXXX.toml\fP
 where \fBXXXXXXXX\fP is the input locale identifier sent by the RDP client.
 
 The key mapping files are used to translate RDP scan codes into one of
diff --git a/docs/man/xrdp-sesman.8.in b/docs/man/xrdp-sesman.8.in
index 379b92b567..c7eb218c3a 100644
--- a/docs/man/xrdp-sesman.8.in
+++ b/docs/man/xrdp-sesman.8.in
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ to be used primarily for testing or for unusual configurations.
 .P
 .RS
 If you use this option, be aware that you will have to have a
-\fB@sysconfdir@/xrdp/sesman.ini\fR in place too, as a few elements of
+\fB@sysconfdir@/@sysconfsubdir@/sesman.ini\fR in place too, as a few elements of
 the system (notably \fBxrdp(8)\fR and \fBxrdp\-chansrv(8)\fR) will want
 to read it.
 .RE
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ not running \fBxrdp\-sesman\fR as a daemon.
 .br
 @bindir@/xrdp\-sesrun
 .br
-@sysconfdir@/xrdp/sesman.ini
+@sysconfdir@/sysconfsubdir@/sesman.ini
 .br
 @localstatedir@/log/xrdp\-sesman.log
 .br
diff --git a/docs/man/xrdp-sesrun.8.in b/docs/man/xrdp-sesrun.8.in
index 34e3169e45..6f747f2db5 100644
--- a/docs/man/xrdp-sesrun.8.in
+++ b/docs/man/xrdp-sesrun.8.in
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ first. The \fBgnome\-terminal\fR utility probably won't work here.
 .br
 @bindir@/xrdp\-sesrun
 .br
-@sysconfdir@/xrdp/sesman.ini
+@sysconfdir@/@sysconfsubdir@/sesman.ini
 
 .SH "AUTHORS"
 Jay Sorg <jsorg71@users.sourceforge.net>
diff --git a/docs/man/xrdp.8.in b/docs/man/xrdp.8.in
index 39e4d88656..80692e8237 100644
--- a/docs/man/xrdp.8.in
+++ b/docs/man/xrdp.8.in
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ to be used primarily for testing or for unusual configurations.
 .SH "FILES"
 @sbindir@/xrdp
 .br
-@sysconfdir@/xrdp/xrdp.ini
+@sysconfdir@/@sysconfsubdir@/xrdp.ini
 .br
 @localstatedir@/log/xrdp.log
 .br
diff --git a/docs/man/xrdp.ini.5.in b/docs/man/xrdp.ini.5.in
index b9a74c7e4b..72005f5ba6 100644
--- a/docs/man/xrdp.ini.5.in
+++ b/docs/man/xrdp.ini.5.in
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ If set to \fB1\fR, \fBtrue\fR or \fByes\fR this option enables compression of bu
 .TP
 \fBkey_file\fP=\fI/path/to/private_key\fP
 Set location of TLS certificate and private key. They must be written in PEM format.
-If not specified, defaults to \fB@sysconfdir@/xrdp/cert.pem\fP, \fB@sysconfdir@/xrdp/key.pem\fP.
+If not specified, defaults to \fB@sysconfdir@/@sysconfsubdir@/cert.pem\fP, \fB@sysconfdir@/@sysconfsubdir@/key.pem\fP.
 
 This parameter is effective only if \fBsecurity_layer\fP is set to \fBtls\fP or \fBnegotiate\fP.
 
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ password={base64}cGFzc3dvcmQhCg==
 .fi
 
 .SH "FILES"
-@sysconfdir@/xrdp/xrdp.ini
+@sysconfdir@/@sysconfsubdir@/xrdp.ini
 
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
 .BR xrdp (8),
diff --git a/genkeymap/Makefile.am b/genkeymap/Makefile.am
index abf30972d0..85fb6e73ef 100644
--- a/genkeymap/Makefile.am
+++ b/genkeymap/Makefile.am
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ EXTRA_DIST = \
   readme.txt
 
 AM_CPPFLAGS = \
+  -DXRDP_CFG_PATH=\"${sysconfdir}/${sysconfsubdir}\" \
   -I$(top_srcdir)/common
 
 AM_CFLAGS = $(X_CFLAGS)
diff --git a/genkeymap/genkeymap.c b/genkeymap/genkeymap.c
index 9f0095dd8a..bf752c9839 100644
--- a/genkeymap/genkeymap.c
+++ b/genkeymap/genkeymap.c
@@ -92,8 +92,8 @@ usage(const char *programname, int status)
 {
     fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s [ -k keycode_set] [-c comment] [-c comment...]"
             " out_filename\n", programname);
-    fprintf(stderr, "Example: %s -r evdev -c \"en-US pc104 keyboard\""
-            " /etc/xrdp/km-00000409.toml\n", programname);
+    fprintf(stderr, "Example: %s -r evdev -c \"en-US pc104 keyboard\" ", programname);
+    fprintf(stderr, XRDP_CFG_PATH "/km-00000409.toml\n");
     exit(status);
 }
 
diff --git a/instfiles/Makefile.am b/instfiles/Makefile.am
index d7d7ac1c10..536261bd4a 100644
--- a/instfiles/Makefile.am
+++ b/instfiles/Makefile.am
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ CLEANFILES= \
 SUBST_VARS = sed \
    -e 's|@sbindir[@]|$(sbindir)|g' \
    -e 's|@sysconfdir[@]|$(sysconfdir)|g' \
+   -e 's|@sysconfsubdir[@]|$(sysconfsubdir)|g' \
    -e 's|@localstatedir[@]|$(localstatedir)|g'
 
 subst_verbose = $(subst_verbose_@AM_V@)
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ SUFFIXES = .in
 #
 # files for all platforms
 #
-startscriptdir=$(sysconfdir)/xrdp
+startscriptdir=$(sysconfdir)/$(sysconfsubdir)
 
 dist_startscript_DATA = \
   km-00000405.toml \
diff --git a/instfiles/pulse/Makefile.am b/instfiles/pulse/Makefile.am
index 72b80d10af..00c7a000aa 100644
--- a/instfiles/pulse/Makefile.am
+++ b/instfiles/pulse/Makefile.am
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-pulsedir = $(sysconfdir)/xrdp/pulse
+pulsedir = $(sysconfdir)/$(sysconfsubdir)/pulse
 dist_pulse_DATA = default.pa
diff --git a/keygen/Makefile.am b/keygen/Makefile.am
index 2422196a58..9ee5a1b1f5 100644
--- a/keygen/Makefile.am
+++ b/keygen/Makefile.am
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 EXTRA_DIST = openssl.conf
 
 AM_CPPFLAGS = \
-  -DXRDP_CFG_PATH=\"${sysconfdir}/xrdp\" \
+  -DXRDP_CFG_PATH=\"${sysconfdir}/${sysconfsubdir}\" \
   -DXRDP_SBIN_PATH=\"${sbindir}\" \
   -DXRDP_SHARE_PATH=\"${datadir}/xrdp\" \
   -DXRDP_PID_PATH=\"${localstatedir}/run\" \
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ xrdp_keygen_SOURCES = keygen.c
 xrdp_keygen_LDADD = \
   $(top_builddir)/common/libcommon.la
 
-xrdpsysconfdir = $(sysconfdir)/xrdp
+xrdpsysconfdir = $(sysconfdir)/$(sysconfsubdir)
 
 install-data-hook:
 	umask 077 && \
diff --git a/keygen/keygen.c b/keygen/keygen.c
index 9b477530b1..2d06aef760 100644
--- a/keygen/keygen.c
+++ b/keygen/keygen.c
@@ -463,7 +463,7 @@ key_gen(const char *path_and_file_name)
 static int
 key_gen_auto(void)
 {
-    return key_gen("/etc/xrdp/rsakeys.ini");
+    return key_gen(XRDP_CFG_PATH "/rsakeys.ini");
 }
 
 /*****************************************************************************/
diff --git a/libxrdp/Makefile.am b/libxrdp/Makefile.am
index 49df6c658f..8a2c1b76ef 100644
--- a/libxrdp/Makefile.am
+++ b/libxrdp/Makefile.am
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ EXTRA_DIST = \
   xrdp_surface.c
 
 AM_CPPFLAGS = \
-  -DXRDP_CFG_PATH=\"${sysconfdir}/xrdp\" \
+  -DXRDP_CFG_PATH=\"${sysconfdir}/${sysconfsubdir}\" \
   -DXRDP_SBIN_PATH=\"${sbindir}\" \
   -DXRDP_SHARE_PATH=\"${datadir}/xrdp\" \
   -DXRDP_PID_PATH=\"${localstatedir}/run\" \
diff --git a/mc/Makefile.am b/mc/Makefile.am
index 9ed72135ac..b36c40e9e2 100644
--- a/mc/Makefile.am
+++ b/mc/Makefile.am
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 AM_CPPFLAGS = \
-  -DXRDP_CFG_PATH=\"${sysconfdir}/xrdp\" \
+  -DXRDP_CFG_PATH=\"${sysconfdir}/${sysconfsubdir}\" \
   -DXRDP_SBIN_PATH=\"${sbindir}\" \
   -DXRDP_SHARE_PATH=\"${datadir}/xrdp\" \
   -DXRDP_PID_PATH=\"${localstatedir}/run\" \
diff --git a/neutrinordp/Makefile.am b/neutrinordp/Makefile.am
index d9c31bc325..75cd0adf38 100644
--- a/neutrinordp/Makefile.am
+++ b/neutrinordp/Makefile.am
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 AM_CPPFLAGS = \
-  -DXRDP_CFG_PATH=\"${sysconfdir}/xrdp\" \
+  -DXRDP_CFG_PATH=\"${sysconfdir}/${sysconfsubdir}\" \
   -DXRDP_SBIN_PATH=\"${sbindir}\" \
   -DXRDP_SHARE_PATH=\"${datadir}/xrdp\" \
   -DXRDP_PID_PATH=\"${localstatedir}/run\" \
diff --git a/sesman/Makefile.am b/sesman/Makefile.am
index 8d9d31022c..9ddef8e84e 100644
--- a/sesman/Makefile.am
+++ b/sesman/Makefile.am
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ EXTRA_DIST = \
   Doxyfile
 
 AM_CPPFLAGS = \
-  -DXRDP_CFG_PATH=\"${sysconfdir}/xrdp\" \
+  -DXRDP_CFG_PATH=\"${sysconfdir}/${sysconfsubdir}\" \
   -DXRDP_SBIN_PATH=\"${sbindir}\" \
   -DXRDP_LIBEXEC_PATH=\"${libexecdir}/xrdp\" \
   -DXRDP_PID_PATH=\"${localstatedir}/run\" \
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ xrdp_sesman_LDADD = \
   $(top_builddir)/libipm/libipm.la \
   $(top_builddir)/common/libcommon.la
 
-sesmansysconfdir=$(sysconfdir)/xrdp
+sesmansysconfdir=$(sysconfdir)/$(sysconfsubdir)
 
 SUBST_VARS = sed \
    -e 's|@sesmansysconfdir[@]|$(sesmansysconfdir)|g'
diff --git a/sesman/chansrv/Makefile.am b/sesman/chansrv/Makefile.am
index 0c2e4b1131..e53961b440 100644
--- a/sesman/chansrv/Makefile.am
+++ b/sesman/chansrv/Makefile.am
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ EXTRA_DIST = \
   wave-format-server.txt
 
 AM_CPPFLAGS = \
-  -DXRDP_CFG_PATH=\"${sysconfdir}/xrdp\" \
+  -DXRDP_CFG_PATH=\"${sysconfdir}/${sysconfsubdir}\" \
   -DXRDP_SBIN_PATH=\"${sbindir}\" \
   -DXRDP_SHARE_PATH=\"${datadir}/xrdp\" \
   -DXRDP_PID_PATH=\"${localstatedir}/run\" \
diff --git a/sesman/libsesman/Makefile.am b/sesman/libsesman/Makefile.am
index 7ef44455b0..2beebd1e11 100644
--- a/sesman/libsesman/Makefile.am
+++ b/sesman/libsesman/Makefile.am
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 AM_CPPFLAGS = \
   -DXRDP_PAMCONF_PATH=\"${pamconfdir}\" \
-  -DXRDP_CFG_PATH=\"${sysconfdir}/xrdp\" \
+  -DXRDP_CFG_PATH=\"${sysconfdir}/${sysconfsubdir}\" \
   -DXRDP_SOCKET_ROOT_PATH=\"${socketdir}\" \
   -I$(top_srcdir)/libipm \
   -I$(top_srcdir)/common
diff --git a/sesman/sesexec/Makefile.am b/sesman/sesexec/Makefile.am
index 7adb959150..1eae19cb04 100644
--- a/sesman/sesexec/Makefile.am
+++ b/sesman/sesexec/Makefile.am
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 AM_CPPFLAGS = \
-  -DXRDP_CFG_PATH=\"${sysconfdir}/xrdp\" \
+  -DXRDP_CFG_PATH=\"${sysconfdir}/${sysconfsubdir}\" \
   -DXRDP_SBIN_PATH=\"${sbindir}\" \
   -DXRDP_LIBEXEC_PATH=\"${libexecdir}/xrdp\" \
   -DXRDP_SOCKET_ROOT_PATH=\"${socketdir}\" \
diff --git a/sesman/tools/Makefile.am b/sesman/tools/Makefile.am
index ce5171b1e9..611b86eee0 100644
--- a/sesman/tools/Makefile.am
+++ b/sesman/tools/Makefile.am
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 AM_CPPFLAGS = \
-  -DXRDP_CFG_PATH=\"${sysconfdir}/xrdp\" \
+  -DXRDP_CFG_PATH=\"${sysconfdir}/${sysconfsubdir}\" \
   -DXRDP_SOCKET_ROOT_PATH=\"${socketdir}\" \
   -I$(top_srcdir)/sesman/libsesman \
   -I$(top_srcdir)/common \
diff --git a/tools/chkpriv/Makefile.am b/tools/chkpriv/Makefile.am
index adecdb73a7..db1050fde1 100644
--- a/tools/chkpriv/Makefile.am
+++ b/tools/chkpriv/Makefile.am
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ xrdp_droppriv_LDADD = \
 
 SUBST_VARS = sed \
    -e 's|@pkglibexecdir[@]|$(pkglibexecdir)|g' \
-   -e 's|@sysconfdir[@]|$(sysconfdir)|g'
+   -e 's|@sysconfdir[@]|$(sysconfdir)|g' \
+   -e 's|@sysconfsubdir[@]|$(sysconfsubdir)|g'
 
 subst_verbose = $(subst_verbose_@AM_V@)
 subst_verbose_ = $(subst_verbose_@AM_DEFAULT_V@)
diff --git a/tools/chkpriv/xrdp-chkpriv.in b/tools/chkpriv/xrdp-chkpriv.in
index 512e90efe2..32580ce444 100644
--- a/tools/chkpriv/xrdp-chkpriv.in
+++ b/tools/chkpriv/xrdp-chkpriv.in
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 # mode
 
 # Change these if they do not match your installation
-CONF_DIR=@sysconfdir@/xrdp
+CONF_DIR=@sysconfdir@/@sysconfsubdir@
 XRDP_INI="$CONF_DIR"/xrdp.ini
 SESMAN_INI="$CONF_DIR"/sesman.ini
 RSAKEYS_INI="$CONF_DIR"/rsakeys.ini
diff --git a/vnc/Makefile.am b/vnc/Makefile.am
index ee5ab23a81..8a4339c93e 100644
--- a/vnc/Makefile.am
+++ b/vnc/Makefile.am
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 AM_CPPFLAGS = \
-  -DXRDP_CFG_PATH=\"${sysconfdir}/xrdp\" \
+  -DXRDP_CFG_PATH=\"${sysconfdir}/${sysconfsubdir}\" \
   -DXRDP_SBIN_PATH=\"${sbindir}\" \
   -DXRDP_SHARE_PATH=\"${datadir}/xrdp\" \
   -DXRDP_PID_PATH=\"${localstatedir}/run\" \
diff --git a/xrdp/Makefile.am b/xrdp/Makefile.am
index 6b9359b9e5..4d4e53f670 100644
--- a/xrdp/Makefile.am
+++ b/xrdp/Makefile.am
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ EXTRA_DIST = \
   xrdpwin.c
 
 AM_CPPFLAGS = \
-  -DXRDP_CFG_PATH=\"${sysconfdir}/xrdp\" \
+  -DXRDP_CFG_PATH=\"${sysconfdir}/${sysconfsubdir}\" \
   -DXRDP_SBIN_PATH=\"${sbindir}\" \
   -DXRDP_SHARE_PATH=\"${datadir}/xrdp\" \
   -DXRDP_PID_PATH=\"${localstatedir}/run\" \
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ xrdp_LDADD = \
   $(IMLIB2_LIBS) \
   $(XRDP_EXTRA_LIBS)
 
-xrdpsysconfdir=$(sysconfdir)/xrdp
+xrdpsysconfdir=$(sysconfdir)/$(sysconfsubdir)
 
 if MACOS
 lib_extension = dylib
diff --git a/xup/Makefile.am b/xup/Makefile.am
index b51a7fb3ba..d073c0d0b1 100644
--- a/xup/Makefile.am
+++ b/xup/Makefile.am
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 AM_CPPFLAGS = \
-  -DXRDP_CFG_PATH=\"${sysconfdir}/xrdp\" \
+  -DXRDP_CFG_PATH=\"${sysconfdir}/${sysconfsubdir}\" \
   -DXRDP_SBIN_PATH=\"${sbindir}\" \
   -DXRDP_SHARE_PATH=\"${datadir}/xrdp\" \
   -DXRDP_PID_PATH=\"${localstatedir}/run\" \