diff --git a/data/Makefile.am b/data/Makefile.am
index f5ee4baced57c34ce7eeedf08df3b2befcd37249..e8052602a293c56eddcd3f93a99be84aa0361446 100644
--- a/data/Makefile.am
+++ b/data/Makefile.am
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ $(service_DATA): $(service_in_files) Makefile
 
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-dbusconfdir = $(sysconfdir)/dbus-1/system.d
+dbusconfdir = $(datadir)/dbus-1/system.d
 dbusconf_in_files = org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1.conf.in
 dbusconf_DATA = $(dbusconf_in_files:.conf.in=.conf)
 
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 6997e7f7c6812cc58ac8b74246e557e9c0b03085..ed75c6109c66e738377e427d90a50ab63d1e937c 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -129,8 +129,8 @@ assert(cc.has_function('XML_ParserCreate', dependencies: expat_dep), 'Can\'t fin
 mozjs_dep = dependency('mozjs-78')
 
 dbus_dep = dependency('dbus-1')
-dbus_sysconfdir = dbus_dep.get_pkgconfig_variable('sysconfdir', define_variable: ['sysconfdir', pk_prefix / pk_sysconfdir])
-dbus_policydir = dbus_sysconfdir / 'dbus-1/system.d'
+dbus_confdir = dbus_dep.get_pkgconfig_variable('datadir', define_variable: ['datadir', pk_prefix / pk_datadir])   #changed from sysconfdir with respect to commit#8eada3836465838
+dbus_policydir = dbus_confdir / 'dbus-1/system.d'
 dbus_system_bus_services_dir = dbus_dep.get_pkgconfig_variable('system_bus_services_dir', define_variable: ['datadir', pk_prefix / pk_datadir])
 
 # check OS