diff --git a/srcpkgs/lcov/template b/srcpkgs/lcov/template
index 2d23c19f0cc..33fb098464f 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/lcov/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/lcov/template
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 # Template file for 'lcov'
 pkgname=lcov
 version=1.15
-revision=1
+revision=2
 build_style=gnu-makefile
 make_check_target=test
+make_build_args="CFG_DIR=/etc"
 hostmakedepends="perl"
 depends="perl"
 short_desc="Front-end for GCC's coverage testing tool gcov"
@@ -12,3 +13,4 @@ license="GPL-2.0-or-later"
 homepage="http://ltp.sourceforge.net/coverage/lcov.php"
 distfiles="https://github.com/linux-test-project/${pkgname}/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=d88b0718f59815862785ac379aed56974b9edd8037567347ae70081cd4a3542a
+conf_files="/etc/lcovrc"