diff --git a/srcpkgs/icewm/template b/srcpkgs/icewm/template
index a5d3b1a908f..7d1d2a71c1a 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/icewm/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/icewm/template
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 # Template file for 'icewm'
 pkgname=icewm
 version=1.5.4
-revision=1
+revision=2
 build_style=cmake
 configure_args="-DENABLE_LTO=ON -DCONFIG_LIBRSVG=ON
- -DCONFIG_EXTERNAL_TRAY=ON -DENABLE_ALSA=ON"
+ -DCONFIG_EXTERNAL_TRAY=ON -DENABLE_ALSA=ON -DCFGDIR=/etc/icewm"
 hostmakedepends="asciidoc gettext-devel libtool mkfontdir perl pkg-config"
 makedepends="libSM-devel libXft-devel libXinerama-devel libXpm-devel
  libXrandr-devel libao-devel librsvg-devel libsndfile-devel"