diff --git a/common/build-style/waf3.sh b/common/build-style/waf3.sh
index 54fd221172b..c135a13f63a 100644
--- a/common/build-style/waf3.sh
+++ b/common/build-style/waf3.sh
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ do_configure() {
 
 	PYTHON=/usr/bin/python3 python3 ${configure_script} configure \
 		--prefix=/usr --libdir=/usr/lib${XBPS_TARGET_WORDSIZE} \
+		--configdir=/etc \
 		${configure_args} ${cross_args}
 }