diff --git a/config.mak.in b/config.mak.in
index e378534..3006494 100644
--- a/config.mak.in
+++ b/config.mak.in
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ TCLTK_PATH = @TCLTK_PATH@
 prefix = @prefix@
 exec_prefix = @exec_prefix@
 bindir = @bindir@
+sysconfdir = @sysconfdir@
 gitexecdir = @libexecdir@/git-core
 datarootdir = @datarootdir@
 template_dir = @datadir@/git-core/templates