diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 90ada98..93c1411 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ datarootdir  ?= ${prefix}/share
 datadir      ?= ${datarootdir}/${NAME}
 
 install:
-	install -d ${datadir}
-	install -m 644 carp_failover.conf ${datadir}
+	install -d ${sysconfdir}
+	install -m 644 carp_failover.conf ${sysconfdir}/${NAME}.conf.sample
 	install carp_failover ${exec_prefix}
 
 .PHONY: install