diff --git a/etc/init.d/zfs.arch.in b/etc/init.d/zfs.arch.in
index 9fa7cb4bc..de2ea8a2d 100644
--- a/etc/init.d/zfs.arch.in
+++ b/etc/init.d/zfs.arch.in
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 ZFS="@sbindir@/zfs"
 ZPOOL="@sbindir@/zpool"
-ZPOOL_CACHE="@initdir@/zpool.cache"
+ZPOOL_CACHE="@sysconfdir@/zfs/zpool.cache"
 
 case "$1" in
   start)
diff --git a/etc/init.d/zfs.fedora.in b/etc/init.d/zfs.fedora.in
index 1583a109e..04f2077ce 100644
--- a/etc/init.d/zfs.fedora.in
+++ b/etc/init.d/zfs.fedora.in
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ export PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin
 RETVAL=0
 ZFS="@sbindir@/zfs"
 ZPOOL="@sbindir@/zpool"
-ZPOOL_CACHE="@initdir@/zpool.cache"
+ZPOOL_CACHE="@sysconfdir@/zfs/zpool.cache"
 servicename=zfs
 LOCKFILE=/var/lock/subsys/$servicename
 
diff --git a/etc/init.d/zfs.gentoo.in b/etc/init.d/zfs.gentoo.in
index 31a539cc8..767aba8f9 100644
--- a/etc/init.d/zfs.gentoo.in
+++ b/etc/init.d/zfs.gentoo.in
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ depend()
 
 ZFS="@sbindir@/zfs"
 ZPOOL="@sbindir@/zpool"
-ZPOOL_CACHE="@initdir@/zpool.cache"
+ZPOOL_CACHE="@sysconfdir@/zfs/zpool.cache"
 ZFS_MODULE=zfs
 
 checksystem() {
diff --git a/etc/init.d/zfs.lsb.in b/etc/init.d/zfs.lsb.in
index 675effe0d..c781f05f4 100644
--- a/etc/init.d/zfs.lsb.in
+++ b/etc/init.d/zfs.lsb.in
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ RETVAL=0
 LOCKFILE=/var/lock/zfs
 ZFS="@sbindir@/zfs"
 ZPOOL="@sbindir@/zpool"
-ZPOOL_CACHE="@initdir@/zpool.cache"
+ZPOOL_CACHE="@sysconfdir@/zfs/zpool.cache"
 
 [ -x $ZPOOL ] || exit 1
 [ -x $ZFS ] || exit 2
diff --git a/etc/init.d/zfs.lunar.in b/etc/init.d/zfs.lunar.in
index 22df3d2b5..97384dc83 100644
--- a/etc/init.d/zfs.lunar.in
+++ b/etc/init.d/zfs.lunar.in
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 ZFS="@sbindir@/zfs"
 ZPOOL="@sbindir@/zpool"
-ZPOOL_CACHE="@initdir@/zpool.cache"
+ZPOOL_CACHE="@sysconfdir@/zfs/zpool.cache"
 
 case $1 in
   start)  echo "$1ing ZFS filesystems"
diff --git a/etc/init.d/zfs.redhat.in b/etc/init.d/zfs.redhat.in
index 2b48e95e9..ae797c11a 100644
--- a/etc/init.d/zfs.redhat.in
+++ b/etc/init.d/zfs.redhat.in
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ export PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin
 RETVAL=0
 ZFS="@sbindir@/zfs"
 ZPOOL="@sbindir@/zpool"
-ZPOOL_CACHE="@initdir@/zpool.cache"
+ZPOOL_CACHE="@sysconfdir@/zfs/zpool.cache"
 servicename=zfs
 LOCKFILE=/var/lock/subsys/$servicename