diff --git a/cone/configure.ac b/cone/configure.ac

index 20011c7..be95b33 100644

--- a/cone/configure.ac

+++ b/cone/configure.ac

@@ -25,10 +25,12 @@ dnl Checks for programs.

 AC_PROG_AWK

 AC_PROG_INSTALL

 AC_PROG_LN_S

-AC_PROG_SYSCONFTOOL

+SYSCONFTOOL=$srcdir/sysconftool

 AC_USE_SYSTEM_EXTENSIONS

 LT_INIT

 AC_PATH_PROGS(PERL, perl5 perl, perl, $LPATH)

+SYSCONFTOOL="$PERL $SYSCONFTOOL"

+AC_SUBST(SYSCONFTOOL)

 AC_ARG_WITH(notice,[AS_HELP_STRING([--with-notice=unicode],

 [The --with-notice=unicode option is required, and indicates that you