Index: lib/exabgp/application/bgp.py
--- lib/exabgp/application/bgp.py.orig
+++ lib/exabgp/application/bgp.py
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ def main():
         options, ['/bin/exabgp', '/sbin/exabgp', '/lib/exabgp/application/bgp.py', '/lib/exabgp/application/control.py']
     )
     prefix = '' if root == '/usr' else root
-    etc = prefix + '/etc/exabgp'
+    etc = '${SYSCONFDIR}/exabgp'
 
     os.environ['EXABGP_ETC'] = etc  # This is not most pretty
 
