diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index dca1834..76800a8 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+pcsc-lite (1.5.5-3) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * debian/update-reader.conf: store the generated configuration file in
+    /var/lib/pcscd instead of /etc. This should really close #565896.
+
+ -- Ludovic Rousseau <rousseau@debian.org>  Wed, 03 Feb 2010 11:33:58 +0100
+
 pcsc-lite (1.5.5-2) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * debian/update-reader.conf: add a SHA1 on the first line of the
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 344c7c9..dc469b8 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ configure-stamp:
 
 	# we add LDFLAGS="-lpthread" for bug #253629
 	./configure $(confflags) \
-		--sysconfdir=/etc \
+		--enable-confdir=/var/lib/pcscd \
 		--prefix=/usr \
 		--enable-usbdropdir=/usr/lib/pcsc/drivers \
 		INSTALL_PROGRAM="$(INSTALL_PROGRAM)" \
diff --git a/debian/update-reader.conf b/debian/update-reader.conf
index abccf85..4b9ca70 100644
--- a/debian/update-reader.conf
+++ b/debian/update-reader.conf
@@ -23,7 +23,9 @@
 
 # $Id: update-reader.conf,v 1.4 2005-03-24 13:17:57 rousseau Exp $
 
-CFGFILE=/etc/reader.conf
+OLDCFGFILE=/etc/reader.conf
+CFGDIR=/var/lib/pcscd
+CFGFILE="$CFGDIR/reader.conf"
 TMPFILE=`mktemp /tmp/reader.conf.XXXXXX`
 HEADER="### This file is automatically generated by update-reader.conf"
 
@@ -34,6 +36,23 @@ set -e
 LC_COLLATE=C
 export LC_COLLATE
 
+if [ 0 -ne "`id -u`" ]; then
+	echo "You have to be root to run $0"
+	exit 2
+fi
+
+if [ ! -d "$CFGDIR" ]; then
+	mkdir "$CFGDIR"
+fi
+
+if [ -e "$OLDCFGFILE" ]; then
+	echo "moving the old configuration file $OLDCFGFILE to its new location: $CFGFILE"
+	mv "$OLDCFGFILE" "$CFGFILE"
+	if [ -e "$OLDCFGFILE".old ]; then
+		mv "$OLDCFGFILE".old "$CFGFILE".old
+	fi
+fi
+
 needforce=0
 if [ -f "$CFGFILE" ]; then
 	FIRSTLINE=$(head -1 "$CFGFILE")
@@ -65,11 +84,6 @@ if [ $needforce -eq 1 ]; then
 	exit 1
 fi
 
-if [ 0 -ne "`id -u`" ]; then
-	echo "You have to be root to run $0"
-	exit 2
-fi
-
 if [ -e "$CFGFILE" ]; then
   cp -f "$CFGFILE" "${CFGFILE}.old"
 fi