diff --git a/src/ch/ch_conf.c b/src/ch/ch_conf.c
index 8a542eef19..6896683b7f 100644
--- a/src/ch/ch_conf.c
+++ b/src/ch/ch_conf.c
@@ -178,8 +178,7 @@ virCHDriverConfigNew(bool privileged)
         cfg->logDir = g_strdup_printf("%s/log/libvirt/ch", LOCALSTATEDIR);
         cfg->stateDir = g_strdup_printf("%s/libvirt/ch", RUNSTATEDIR);
         cfg->saveDir = g_strdup_printf("%s/lib/libvirt/ch/save", LOCALSTATEDIR);
-        cfg->configDir = g_strdup_printf("%s/lib/libvirt/ch", LOCALSTATEDIR);
-
+        cfg->configDir = g_strdup(SYSCONFDIR "/libvirt");
     } else {
         g_autofree char *rundir = NULL;
         g_autofree char *cachedir = NULL;