diff --git a/eclass/texlive-common.eclass b/eclass/texlive-common.eclass
index 1fe33444f1e5..3ed608cf616d 100644
--- a/eclass/texlive-common.eclass
+++ b/eclass/texlive-common.eclass
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ texlive-common_handle_config_files() {
 		dodir /etc/texmf/$(dirname ${f}).d
 		einfo "Moving (and symlinking) ${EPREFIX}${TEXMF_PATH}/${f} to ${EPREFIX}/etc/texmf/$(dirname ${f}).d"
 		mv "${ED}/${TEXMF_PATH}/${f}" "${ED}/etc/texmf/$(dirname ${f}).d" || die "mv ${f} failed."
-		dosym /etc/texmf/$(dirname ${f}).d/$(basename ${f}) ${TEXMF_PATH}/${f}
+		dosym "${EPREFIX}"/etc/texmf/$(dirname ${f}).d/$(basename ${f}) ${TEXMF_PATH}/${f}
 	done < <(find  -name '*.cnf' -type f -o -name '*.cfg' -type f | sed -e "s:\./::g")
 }