diff --git a/monitor/collectd/collectd.conf b/monitor/collectd/collectd.conf
index f1642e6b1..34f2688b2 100644
--- a/monitor/collectd/collectd.conf
+++ b/monitor/collectd/collectd.conf
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
 #
 # Filename: package/.../collectd/collectd.conf
-# Copyright (C) 2006 - 2010 The OpenSDE Project
+# Copyright (C) 2006 - 2011 The OpenSDE Project
 #
 # More information can be found in the files COPYING and README.
 #
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@
 # --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
 
 if [ $prefix_auto = 1 ]; then
-	prefix="opt/collectd"
-	set_confopt
+	# use aa dedicated sysconfdir instead of installing into /etc
+	sysconfdir="$sysconfdir/collectd"
 fi
 
 var_append GCC_WRAPPER_REMOVE ' ' '-Werror'