Index: plugin-mainmenu/lxqtmainmenuconfiguration.cpp
--- plugin-mainmenu/lxqtmainmenuconfiguration.cpp.orig
+++ plugin-mainmenu/lxqtmainmenuconfiguration.cpp
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ void LXQtMainMenuConfiguration::chooseMenuFile()
 {
     QFileDialog *d = new QFileDialog(this,
                                      tr("Choose menu file"),
-                                     QLatin1String("/etc/xdg/menus"),
+                                     QLatin1String("${SYSCONFDIR}/xdg/menus"),
                                      tr("Menu files (*.menu)"));
     d->setWindowModality(Qt::WindowModal);
     d->setAttribute(Qt::WA_DeleteOnClose);