--- a/eclass/savedconfig.eclass	2012-01-04 09:23:51.000000000 +0100
+++ b/eclass/savedconfig.eclass	2013-01-24 15:57:22.108896199 +0100
@@ -34,20 +34,21 @@
 	# Be lazy in our EAPI compat
 	: ${ED:=${D}}
 
-	local dest="/etc/portage/savedconfig/${CATEGORY}"
+	local dest="${PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT}/etc/portage/savedconfig/${CATEGORY}"
+	addwrite ${dest}
 	if [[ $# -eq 1 && -f $1 ]] ; then
 		# Just one file, so have the ${PF} be that config file
-		dodir "${dest}"
-		cp "$@" "${ED}/${dest}/${PF}" || die "failed to save $*"
+		mkdir -p "${dest}"
+		cp "$@" "${dest}/${PF}" || die "failed to save $*"
 	else
 		# A dir, or multiple files, so have the ${PF} be a dir
 		# with all the saved stuff below it
-		dodir "${dest}/${PF}"
-		treecopy "$@" "${ED}/${dest}/${PF}" || die "failed to save $*"
+		mkdir -p "${dest}/${PF}"
+		treecopy "$@" "${dest}/${PF}" || die "failed to save $*"
 	fi
 
 	elog "Your configuration for ${CATEGORY}/${PF} has been saved in "
-	elog "/etc/portage/savedconfig/${CATEGORY}/${PF} for your editing pleasure."
+	elog "${PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT}/etc/portage/savedconfig/${CATEGORY}/${PF} for your editing pleasure."
 	elog "You can edit these files by hand and remerge this package with"
 	elog "USE=savedconfig to customise the configuration."
 	elog "You can rename this file/directory to one of the following for"