diff --git a/base/bash-completion/smbuild b/base/bash-completion/smbuild
index d9a5e13..11a0571 100644
--- a/base/bash-completion/smbuild
+++ b/base/bash-completion/smbuild
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ prepbuilddir() {
 
 build() {
   ./configure \
-    --prefix=/usr
+    --prefix=/usr \
+    --sysconfdir=/etc 
 
   make
   make install DESTDIR=$pkg 
diff --git a/base/libnl/smbuild b/base/libnl/smbuild
index 8a28c97..3b809c5 100644
--- a/base/libnl/smbuild
+++ b/base/libnl/smbuild
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ prepbuilddir() {
 build() {
   ./configure \
     --prefix=/usr \
+    --sysconfdir=/etc \
     --disable-static 
 
   make
diff --git a/base/p11-kit/smbuild b/base/p11-kit/smbuild
index 89dc63a..00b5ee9 100644
--- a/base/p11-kit/smbuild
+++ b/base/p11-kit/smbuild
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ prepbuilddir() {
 build() {
   ./configure \
     --prefix=/usr \
+    --sysconfdir=/etc \
     --without-trust-paths
 
   make
diff --git a/base/pm-utils/smbuild b/base/pm-utils/smbuild
index b963d61..4c3f559 100644
--- a/base/pm-utils/smbuild
+++ b/base/pm-utils/smbuild
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ prepbuilddir() {
 build() {
   ./configure \
     --prefix=/usr \
+    --sysconfdir=/etc \
     --sbindir=/usr/bin 
 
   make