Index: doc/example-config/Makefile.in
--- doc/example-config/Makefile.in.orig
+++ doc/example-config/Makefile.in
@@ -480,7 +480,7 @@ top_srcdir = @top_srcdir@
 SUBDIRS = conf.d
 pkgsysconfdir = $(sysconfdir)/dovecot
 nodist_pkgsysconf_DATA = README
-exampledir = $(docdir)/example-config
+exampledir = $(prefix)/share/examples/dovecot/example-config
 example_DATA = \
 	dovecot.conf \
 	dovecot-dict-auth.conf.ext \