diff -burNp gammu-1.23.1/libgammu/gsmstate.c gammu-1.23.1-dud/libgammu/gsmstate.c
--- gammu-1.23.1/libgammu/gsmstate.c	2009-02-12 15:05:40.000000000 +0100
+++ gammu-1.23.1-dud/libgammu/gsmstate.c	2009-03-14 21:19:03.565653553 +0100
@@ -1021,6 +1021,7 @@ GSM_Error GSM_FindGammuRC (INI_Section *
 {
 	char configfile[PATH_MAX + 1];
 	char *envpath;
+	char *home_etc;
 	GSM_Error error;
 
 	*result = NULL;
@@ -1042,6 +1043,15 @@ GSM_Error GSM_FindGammuRC (INI_Section *
 	/* Reset as we're using strcat */
 	configfile[0] = 0;
 
+        /* Try user etc dir */
+        home_etc = getenv("HOME_ETC");
+        if (home_etc) {
+                strcat(configfile, home_etc);
+                strcat(configfile, GAMMURC_NAME);
+
+                error = GSM_TryReadGammuRC(configfile, result);
+                if (error == ERR_NONE) return ERR_NONE;
+        } else {
 	/* Try user home */
 	envpath  = getenv("HOME");
 	if (envpath) {
@@ -1051,6 +1061,7 @@ GSM_Error GSM_FindGammuRC (INI_Section *
 		error = GSM_TryReadGammuRC(configfile, result);
 		if (error == ERR_NONE) return ERR_NONE;
 	}
+	}
 
 #if defined(WIN32)
 	/* Reset as we're using strcat */