diff --git a/base/runit/runit.conf b/base/runit/runit.conf
index 6329234a8..3cbba73fd 100644
--- a/base/runit/runit.conf
+++ b/base/runit/runit.conf
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
 #
 # Filename: package/.../runit/runit.conf
-# Copyright (C) 2008 The OpenSDE Project
+# Copyright (C) 2008 - 2010 The OpenSDE Project
 # Copyright (C) 2004 - 2006 The T2 SDE Project
 # Copyright (C) 1998 - 2003 Clifford Wolf
 #
@@ -14,7 +14,10 @@
 # GNU General Public License can be found in the file COPYING.
 # --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
 
-[ "$prefix" = usr ] && sbindir="/sbin"
+if [ $prefix_auto = 1 ]; then
+	prefix=
+	set_confopt
+fi
 
 . $base/package/*/runit/djb-config admin $sbindir