diff --git a/libvdpau.changes b/libvdpau.changes
index 3e65871..cc48869 100644
--- a/libvdpau.changes
+++ b/libvdpau.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Jul 31 11:52:51 UTC 2020 - Stefan Dirsch <sndirsch@suse.com>
+
+- n_UsrEtc.patch
+  * switch to /usr/etc location for vdpau_wrapper.cfg, but first
+    try /etc (boo#1173038)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sat Apr 11 20:32:45 UTC 2020 - Stefan Dirsch <sndirsch@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/libvdpau.spec b/libvdpau.spec
index 8a626ac..3185c1f 100644
--- a/libvdpau.spec
+++ b/libvdpau.spec
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@
 #
 
 
+%if 0%{?suse_version} < 1550
+  %define _distconfdir /usr/etc
+%endif
+
 Name:           libvdpau
 Version:        1.4
 Release:        0
@@ -28,6 +32,7 @@ Source1:        https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/vdpau/vdpauinfo/-/archive/vdpauin
 Source2:        README
 Source99:       baselibs.conf
 Source100:      %{name}-rpmlintrc
+Patch0:         n_UsrEtc.patch
 BuildRequires:  autoconf
 BuildRequires:  automake
 BuildRequires:  doxygen
@@ -82,6 +87,7 @@ Its usage is documented in the README.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q -b1
+%patch0 -p1
 
 %build
 %meson
@@ -112,9 +118,10 @@ cp %{_sourcedir}/README .
 %files -n libvdpau1
 %defattr(-,root,root)
 %dir %{_libdir}/vdpau
+%dir %{_distconfdir}
 %{_bindir}/vdpauinfo
 %{_libdir}/libvdpau.so.*
-%config %{_sysconfdir}/vdpau_wrapper.cfg
+%{_distconfdir}/vdpau_wrapper.cfg
 
 %files -n libvdpau-devel
 %defattr(-,root,root)
diff --git a/n_UsrEtc.patch b/n_UsrEtc.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2a85a0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/n_UsrEtc.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+diff -u -r libvdpau-1.4.orig/src/meson.build libvdpau-1.4/src/meson.build
+--- libvdpau-1.4.orig/src/meson.build	2020-07-31 13:36:55.104530000 +0200
++++ libvdpau-1.4/src/meson.build	2020-07-31 14:21:02.982468000 +0200
+@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@
+     install : true,
+ )
+ 
+-install_data('vdpau_wrapper.cfg', install_dir : get_option('sysconfdir'))
++install_data('vdpau_wrapper.cfg', install_dir : '/usr/etc')
+diff -u -r libvdpau-1.4.orig/src/vdpau_wrapper.c libvdpau-1.4/src/vdpau_wrapper.c
+--- libvdpau-1.4.orig/src/vdpau_wrapper.c	2020-07-31 13:36:55.116541000 +0200
++++ libvdpau-1.4/src/vdpau_wrapper.c	2020-07-31 14:19:44.407242000 +0200
+@@ -362,7 +362,10 @@
+ 
+     fp = fopen(VDPAU_SYSCONFDIR "/vdpau_wrapper.cfg", "r");
+     if (!fp) {
+-        return;
++        fp = fopen("/usr/etc/vdpau_wrapper.cfg", "r");
++        if (!fp) {
++            return;
++        }
+     }
+ 
+     while (fgets(buffer, sizeof(buffer), fp) != NULL) {