--- vnstat-2.8.old/src/cfg.c
+++ vnstat-2.8/src/cfg.c
@@ -443,7 +443,9 @@
 	}
 	cfg.cfgfile[0] = '\0';
 
-	/* possible config files: 1) --config   2) $HOME/.vnstatrc   3) /etc/vnstat.conf   4) none */
+	/* possible config files: 1) --config   2) $HOME/.vnstatrc
+	   3) __META_PREFIX__/etc/vnstat.conf
+	   4) none */
 
 	if (cfgfile[0] != '\0') {
 
@@ -471,7 +473,12 @@
 		/* try to open first available config file */
 		if (tryhome && (*fd = fopen(buffer, "r")) != NULL) {
 			strncpy_nt(cfg.cfgfile, buffer, 512);
-		} else if ((*fd = fopen("/etc/vnstat.conf", "r")) != NULL) {
+		}
+		else if ((*fd =          fopen ("__META_PREFIX__/etc/vnstat.conf", "r")) != NULL)
+		{
+			snprintf (cfg.cfgfile, 512, "__META_PREFIX__/etc/vnstat.conf");
+		}
+		else if ((*fd = fopen("/etc/vnstat.conf", "r")) != NULL) {
 			snprintf(cfg.cfgfile, 512, "/etc/vnstat.conf");
 		} else if ((*fd = fopen("/usr/local/etc/vnstat.conf", "r")) != NULL) {
 			snprintf(cfg.cfgfile, 512, "/usr/local/etc/vnstat.conf");