diff --git a/Shorewall-core/shorewallrc.default b/Shorewall-core/shorewallrc.default
index f2a0b556d..f88f3618b 100644
--- a/Shorewall-core/shorewallrc.default
+++ b/Shorewall-core/shorewallrc.default
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ PERLLIBDIR=${PREFIX}/share/shorewall    #Directory to install Shorewall Perl mod
 CONFDIR=/etc                            #Directory where subsystem configurations are installed
 SBINDIR=/sbin                           #Directory where system administration programs are installed
 MANDIR=${PREFIX}/man                    #Directory where manpages are installed.
-INITDIR=etc/init.d                      #Directory where SysV init scripts are installed.
+INITDIR=/etc/init.d                     #Directory where SysV init scripts are installed.
 INITFILE=$PRODUCT                       #Name of the product's installed SysV init script
 INITSOURCE=init.sh                      #Name of the distributed file to be installed as the SysV init script
 ANNOTATED=                              #If non-zero, annotated configuration files are installed