diff --git a/bin/initoverlayfs-install b/bin/initoverlayfs-install
index 5f2616f..2e64bb5 100755
--- a/bin/initoverlayfs-install
+++ b/bin/initoverlayfs-install
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ set -ex
 CAT="lz4cat"
 
 INITRAMFS_DIR=""
-INITOVERLAYFS_CONF="/etc/initoverlayfs.conf"
+INITOVERLAYFS_CONF="/usr/local/etc/initoverlayfs.conf"
 INITRAMFS_DUMP_DIR="/var/lib/initoverlayfs"
 
 # Only erofs-based initoverlayfs supported, ext4, btrfs, xfs, etc. to be implemented"
diff --git a/scripts/build.sh b/scripts/build.sh
index cd97c8f..76138fc 100755
--- a/scripts/build.sh
+++ b/scripts/build.sh
@@ -77,6 +77,8 @@ install() {
     inst_multiple -o \
       "$systemdsystemunitdir"/mount-sysroot.service \
       "$systemdsystemunitdir"/sysinit.target.wants/mount-sysroot.service
+
+    inst_simple "/usr/local/etc/initoverlayfs.conf" "/etc/initoverlayfs.conf"
 }
 EOF