Index: src/options.c
--- src/options.c.orig
+++ src/options.c
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ static void feh_load_options_for_theme(char *theme)
 
 	free(oldrcpath);
 
-	if (!fp && ((fp = fopen("/etc/feh/themes", "r")) == NULL))
+	if (!fp && ((fp = fopen("${SYSCONFDIR}/feh/themes", "r")) == NULL))
 		return;
 
 	/* Oooh. We have an options file :) */