--- fail2ban/client/configreader.py.orig	2015-09-28 15:24:44.000000000 +0200
+++ fail2ban/client/configreader.py	2015-09-28 15:25:23.000000000 +0200
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@
 	Use ConfigReader instead.
 	"""
 
-	DEFAULT_BASEDIR = '/etc/fail2ban'
+	DEFAULT_BASEDIR = '@@PREFIX@@/etc/fail2ban'
 	
 	def __init__(self, basedir=None, *args, **kwargs):
 		SafeConfigParserWithIncludes.__init__(self, *args, **kwargs)