diff --git a/package/sirkull/dcc/dcc.conf b/package/sirkull/dcc/dcc.conf
index b00ad43f9..9dcd6250a 100644
--- a/package/sirkull/dcc/dcc.conf
+++ b/package/sirkull/dcc/dcc.conf
@@ -24,3 +24,8 @@ if [ $prefix_auto = 1 ] ; then
         prefix="opt/dcc"
         set_confopt
 fi
+
+# dcc's configure doesn't like --prefix=
+var_remove_regex confopt " " "--prefix=.*"
+confopt="$confopt --homedir=$localstatedir/lib/dcc"
+