diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0f180e38..4f40922e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -75,6 +75,10 @@
   (https://codeberg.org/dnkl/foot/issues/980).
 * Use circles for rendering light arc box-drawing characters
   (https://codeberg.org/dnkl/foot/issues/988).
+* Example configuration is now installed to
+  `${sysconfdir}/xdg/foot/foot.ini`, typically resolving to
+  `/etc/xdg/foot/foot.ini`
+  (https://codeberg.org/dnkl/foot/issues/1001).
 
 
 ### Deprecated
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index e2df6bdd..735419f9 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ if scdoc.found()
   install_data(
     'LICENSE', 'README.md', 'CHANGELOG.md',
     install_dir: join_paths(get_option('datadir'), 'doc', 'foot'))
-  install_data('foot.ini', install_dir: join_paths(get_option('datadir'), 'foot'))
+  install_data('foot.ini', install_dir: join_paths(get_option('sysconfdir'), 'xdg', 'foot'))
   subdir('doc')
 endif