diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 8af2fcf9..0e318307 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -22,7 +22,11 @@ if not get_option('uninstalled')
     rygel_datadir = join_paths(get_option('prefix'), get_option('datadir'), 'rygel')
     rygel_libexecdir = join_paths(get_option('prefix'), get_option('libexecdir'),
     'rygel')
-    rygel_sysconfdir = join_paths(get_option('prefix'), get_option('sysconfdir'))
+    if get_option('sysconfdir_install') != ''
+        rygel_sysconfdir = join_paths(get_option('prefix'), get_option('sysconfdir_install'))
+    else
+        rygel_sysconfdir = join_paths(get_option('prefix'), get_option('sysconfdir'))
+    endif
     rygel_plugindir = join_paths(rygel_libdir, 'rygel-2.6', 'plugins')
     rygel_enginedir = join_paths(rygel_libdir, 'rygel-2.6', 'engines')
     rygel_presetdir = join_paths(rygel_datadir, 'presets')
@@ -57,7 +61,7 @@ conf.set_quoted('DATA_DIR', rygel_datadir)
 conf.set_quoted('PLUGIN_DIR', rygel_plugindir)
 conf.set_quoted('BIG_ICON_DIR', rygel_bigicondir)
 conf.set_quoted('SMALL_ICON_DIR', rygel_smallicondir)
-conf.set_quoted('SYS_CONFIG_DIR', rygel_sysconfdir)
+conf.set_quoted('SYS_CONFIG_DIR', get_option('sysconfdir'))
 conf.set_quoted('LOCALEDIR', join_paths(get_option('prefix'), get_option('localedir')))
 conf.set_quoted('MX_EXTRACT_PATH', join_paths(rygel_libexecdir, 'mx-extract'))
 conf.set_quoted('DESKTOP_DIR', join_paths(get_option('prefix'), get_option('datadir'), 'applications'))
diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
index fd04776a..3dee43ba 100644
--- a/meson_options.txt
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+option('sysconfdir_install', type: 'string', value: '', description: 'sysconfdir to use during installation')
 option('uninstalled', type: 'boolean', value: 'false', description: 'Run Rygel from build directory only')
 option('api-docs', type: 'boolean', value: 'false', description: 'Build the API documentation')
 option('man_pages', type: 'boolean', value: 'true', description: 'Build the man pages')