diff --git a/pkgs/servers/pulseaudio/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/pulseaudio/default.nix
index 6a525fd2a1be..5219118963c7 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/pulseaudio/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/pulseaudio/default.nix
@@ -31,10 +31,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   configureFlags = ''
-    --disable-solaris --disable-hal --disable-jack --localstatedir=/var
+    --disable-solaris --disable-hal --disable-jack
     --disable-oss-output --disable-oss-wrapper
+    --localstatedir=/var --sysconfdir=/etc
   '';
 
+  installFlags = "sysconfdir=$(out)/etc";
+
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
   meta = {