diff --git a/network/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf b/network/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf
index 74ad5cd4e..d99bbfb5b 100644
--- a/network/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf
+++ b/network/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf
@@ -14,8 +14,10 @@
 # --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
 
 if [ $prefix_auto = 1 ] ; then
-        prefix="opt/lighttpd"
-        set_confopt
+	# use a dedicated sysconfdir instead of /etc
+	sysconfdir="$sysconfdir/$pkg"
+	# use a dedicated libdir because lighttpd installs modules there
+	libdir="$libdir/$pkg"
 fi
 
 var_append confopt ' ' "--enable-fastcgi"