diff -Nru blackbox-0.65.0/src/blackbox.cc blackbox-0.65.0.new/src/blackbox.cc
--- blackbox-0.65.0/src/blackbox.cc	Sun Aug 25 10:05:45 2002
+++ blackbox-0.65.0.new/src/blackbox.cc	Sun Mar 23 17:51:49 2003
@@ -126,9 +126,14 @@
 
   ::blackbox = this;
   argv = m_argv;
-  if (! rc) rc = "~/.blackboxrc";
-  rc_file = expandTilde(rc);
-
+  
+  char *etc_dir = getenv("ETC_DIR");
+  if (etc_dir) {
+    rc_file = string(etc_dir) + string("/blackboxrc");
+  } else {
+    if (! rc) rc = "~/.blackboxrc";
+    rc_file = expandTilde(rc);
+  }
   no_focus = False;
 
   resource.auto_raise_delay.tv_sec = resource.auto_raise_delay.tv_usec = 0;
diff -Nru blackbox-0.65.0/util/bsetbg blackbox-0.65.0.new/util/bsetbg
--- blackbox-0.65.0/util/bsetbg	Thu Aug 29 15:01:42 2002
+++ blackbox-0.65.0.new/util/bsetbg	Sun Mar 23 17:23:34 2003
@@ -64,8 +64,15 @@
 me=${0##*/}
 version=2.1
 copyright="(c) 2000-$(date +%Y) by Timothy M. King (http://lordzork.com/)"
-config=$HOME/.bsetbgrc
-last_cmd_file=$HOME/.bsetbg_last_cmd
+
+if [ "x$ETC_DIR" != "x" ]
+then
+	config=$ETC_DIR/bsetbgrc
+	last_cmd_file=$ETC_DIR/bsetbg_last_cmd
+else
+	config=$HOME/.bsetbgrc
+	last_cmd_file=$HOME/.bsetbg_last_cmd
+fi
 refresh_cmd=xrefresh
 p=$me:
 
@@ -362,7 +369,7 @@
 		read_config=1
 	fi
 
-	. $HOME/.bsetbgrc 2>/dev/null
+	. $config 2>/dev/null
 	check_no_exec
 
 	full_cmd=$FULL