Read mke2fs.conf and e2fsck.conf from root_sysconfdir rather than harcoded /etc.
diff --git a/MCONFIG.in b/MCONFIG.in
index 4afb80a..e8b0155 100644
--- a/MCONFIG.in
+++ b/MCONFIG.in
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 
 CC = @CC@
 BUILD_CC = @BUILD_CC@
-DEFS = -DLOCALEDIR=\"$(localedir)\" @DEFS@
+DEFS = -DLOCALEDIR=\"$(localedir)\" -DROOT_SYSCONFDIR=\"$(root_sysconfdir)\" @DEFS@
 CFLAGS = @CFLAGS@
 CPPFLAGS =  -I$(top_builddir)/lib -I$(top_srcdir)/lib @CPPFLAGS@
 INTL_FLAGS = @INTL_FLAGS@