diff --git a/roles/nhc/templates/nhc.sysconfig.j2 b/roles/nhc/templates/nhc.sysconfig.j2
index 3f37bfd9b82eb0e09af47e43cb427d31859d38a8..04c68b1336a4f3412f7bc636eb15a650a6a93489 100644
--- a/roles/nhc/templates/nhc.sysconfig.j2
+++ b/roles/nhc/templates/nhc.sysconfig.j2
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-CONFDIR=/opt/nhc-1.4.2/etc/nhc
+CONFDIR={{ nhc_dir }}/etc/nhc
 NHC_RM=slurm
 HELPERDIR={{ nhc_dir }}/libexec/nhc
 PATH={{ slurm_dir }}/bin:{{ nhc_dir }}/sbin:$PATH