diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/xinetd/xinetd_2.3.15.bb b/meta/recipes-extended/xinetd/xinetd_2.3.15.bb
index 579c28b..2e16822 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-extended/xinetd/xinetd_2.3.15.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/xinetd/xinetd_2.3.15.bb
@@ -39,12 +39,12 @@ do_install() {
 	# but since we only want two files why not override
 	# do_install from autotools and doing it ourselfs?
 	install -d "${D}${sbindir}"
-	install -d "${D}/etc/init.d"
-	install -d "${D}/etc/xinetd.d"
-	install -d "${D}/etc/default"
-	install -m 644 "${WORKDIR}/xinetd.conf" "${D}/etc"
-	install -m 755 "${WORKDIR}/xinetd.init" "${D}/etc/init.d/xinetd"
-	install -m 644 "${WORKDIR}/xinetd.default" "${D}/etc/default/xinetd"
+	install -d "${D}${sysconfdir}/init.d"
+	install -d "${D}${sysconfdir}/xinetd.d"
+	install -d "${D}${sysconfdir}/default"
+	install -m 644 "${WORKDIR}/xinetd.conf" "${D}${sysconfdir}"
+	install -m 755 "${WORKDIR}/xinetd.init" "${D}${sysconfdir}/init.d/xinetd"
+	install -m 644 "${WORKDIR}/xinetd.default" "${D}${sysconfdir}/default/xinetd"
 	install -m 755 "${S}/xinetd/xinetd" "${D}${sbindir}"
 	install -m 755 "${S}/xinetd/itox" "${D}${sbindir}"
 }