diff --git a/mythtv/files/mythoptimize b/mythtv/files/mythoptimize
index 009acf3..85fbcac 100755
--- a/mythtv/files/mythoptimize
+++ b/mythtv/files/mythoptimize
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
+MYTHCONFDIR="/etc/mythtv"
 MYTHVERSION="`rpm -q --queryformat='%{VERSION}\n' mythtv-docs`"
 perl /usr/share/doc/mythtv-docs-${MYTHVERSION}/contrib/optimize_mythdb.pl > /dev/null