diff --git a/etc/ngcp-config/ngcpcfg.cfg b/etc/ngcp-config/ngcpcfg.cfg
index 7aa5707d..d2181c85 100644
--- a/etc/ngcp-config/ngcpcfg.cfg
+++ b/etc/ngcp-config/ngcpcfg.cfg
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
 # Note:     do not modify unless you have a really good reason to do so
 
 # directory name where ngcpcfg is managed through git
-NGCPCTL_MAIN='/etc/ngcp-config'
+NGCPCTL_BASE='/etc'
+NGCPCTL_MAIN="${NGCPCTL_BASE}/ngcp-config"
 NGCPCTL_CONFIG="${NGCPCTL_MAIN}/config.yml"
 HOST_CONFIG="${NGCPCTL_MAIN}/config.$(hostname).yml"
 LOCAL_CONFIG="${NGCPCTL_MAIN}/config.local.yml"