diff --git a/packages/msmtp/src-tools.c.patch b/packages/msmtp/src-tools.c.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..390d015b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/msmtp/src-tools.c.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- ../tools.c.orig	2020-08-01 05:02:12.989413738 +0200
++++ ./src/tools.c	2020-08-01 05:02:39.633413719 +0200
+@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@
+ #ifdef SYSCONFDIR
+     return xstrdup(SYSCONFDIR);
+ #else
+-    return xstrdup("/etc");
++    return xstrdup("@TERMUX_PREFIX@/etc");
+ #endif
+ 
+ #endif