Index: orte/runtime/orte_mca_params.c
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--- orte/runtime/orte_mca_params.c	(revision 26440)
+++ orte/runtime/orte_mca_params.c	(working copy)
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@
                                    false, false, NULL, &strval);
     if (NULL == strval) {
         /* nothing was given, so define the default */
-        asprintf(&orte_default_hostfile, "%s/etc/openmpi-default-hostfile", opal_install_dirs.prefix);
+        asprintf(&orte_default_hostfile, "%s/openmpi-default-hostfile", opal_install_dirs.sysconfdir);
         /* flag that nothing was given */
         orte_default_hostfile_given = false;
     } else if (0 == strcmp(strval, "none")) {