diff --git src/fccfg.c src/fccfg.c
index 6377fd7..8175f85 100644
--- src/fccfg.c
+++ src/fccfg.c
@@ -1830,9 +1830,7 @@ DllMain (HINSTANCE hinstDLL,
 
 #endif /* !_WIN32 */
 
-#ifndef FONTCONFIG_FILE
-#define FONTCONFIG_FILE	"fonts.conf"
-#endif
+#define FONTCONFIG_FILE	"@PREFIX@/etc/fonts/fonts.conf"
 
 static FcChar8 *
 FcConfigFileExists (const FcChar8 *dir, const FcChar8 *file)