diff --git a/init.d/procfs.in b/init.d/procfs.in
index 8167ff95..6afc81f7 100644
--- a/init.d/procfs.in
+++ b/init.d/procfs.in
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ start()
 				ebegin "Loading custom binary format handlers"
 				fmts=$(grep -hsv -e '^[#;]' -e '^[[:space:]]*$' \
 					/run/binfmt.d/*.conf \
-					"/etc"/binfmt.d/*.conf \
+					@SYSCONFDIR@/binfmt.d/*.conf \
 					""/usr/lib/binfmt.d/*.conf)
 				if [ -n "${fmts}" ]; then
 					echo "${fmts}" > /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc/register