diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 16d86c5..bb5da8c 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -60,6 +60,11 @@
     get_option('datadir'),
     meson.project_name(),
 )
+sysconfdir = join_paths(
+    get_option('prefix'),
+    get_option('sysconfdir'),
+    meson.project_name(),
+)
 threads = dependency('threads')
 if cpp.has_header('valijson/validator.hpp')
     valijson = declare_dependency()