diff --git a/xorg/libvdpau/smbuild b/xorg/libvdpau/smbuild
index 6191bc1..6492fff 100644
--- a/xorg/libvdpau/smbuild
+++ b/xorg/libvdpau/smbuild
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ prepbuilddir() {
 build() {
   ./configure \
     --prefix=/usr \
+    --sysconfdir=/etc \
     --disable-static 
 
   make
diff --git a/xorg/xinit/smbuild b/xorg/xinit/smbuild
index de08d78..c1e8bbd 100644
--- a/xorg/xinit/smbuild
+++ b/xorg/xinit/smbuild
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ prepbuilddir() {
 
 build() {
   ./configure \
-    --prefix=/usr
+    --prefix=/usr \
+    --sysconfdir=/etc
 
   make
   make install DESTDIR=$pkg