--- xpdf-3.04.old/configure
+++ xpdf-3.04/configure
@@ -2447,10 +2447,14 @@
 fi
 
 if test "$sysconfdir" = '${prefix}/etc'; then
+    sysconfdir="${prefix}/etc"
+fi
+
+if test "$sysconfdir" = "${prefix}/etc"; then
   if test "x$prefix" = xNONE; then
     system_xpdfrc="$ac_default_prefix/etc/xpdfrc"
   else
-    system_xpdfrc="$prefix/etc/xpdfrc"
+    system_xpdfrc="$prefix/etc/xpdf/xpdfrc"
   fi
 else
   system_xpdfrc="$sysconfdir/xpdfrc"