diff --git a/srcpkgs/i3blocks/template b/srcpkgs/i3blocks/template
index 30a8c95f0d0..97393c50c78 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/i3blocks/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/i3blocks/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'i3blocks'
 pkgname=i3blocks
 version=1.4
-revision=3
+revision=4
 build_style=gnu-makefile
 short_desc="Flexible scheduler for i3bar"
 maintainer="Eivind Uggedal <eivind@uggedal.com>"
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ license="GPL-3"
 homepage="https://github.com/vivien/$pkgname"
 distfiles="${homepage}/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=c9bd2854b7902aa6821fdf8c83b5123c10b90a52f9bcc67225ff57f25d28b4b0
+make_build_args="SYSCONFDIR=/etc"
 
 pre_build() {
 	# Do not build man pages since we don't have ronn: