diff --git a/debian/mosquitto.init b/debian/mosquitto.init
index 5613d19f..210bcce5 100755
--- a/debian/mosquitto.init
+++ b/debian/mosquitto.init
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ set -e
 
 PIDFILE=/var/run/mosquitto.pid
 DAEMON=/usr/sbin/mosquitto
+CONFIG=/etc/mosquitto/mosquitto.conf
 
 # /etc/init.d/mosquitto: start and stop the mosquitto MQTT message broker
 
@@ -44,7 +45,7 @@ case "$1" in
 	    exit 1
 	fi
 	log_daemon_msg "Starting network daemon:" "mosquitto"
-	if start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --oknodo --background  --make-pidfile --pidfile ${PIDFILE} --exec ${DAEMON} -- -c /etc/mosquitto/mosquitto.conf ; then
+	if start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --oknodo --background  --make-pidfile --pidfile ${PIDFILE} --exec ${DAEMON} -- -c ${CONFIG} ; then
 	    log_end_msg 0
 	else
 	    log_end_msg 1
@@ -84,7 +85,7 @@ case "$1" in
 	if start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --oknodo --retry 30 --pidfile ${PIDFILE}; then
 	    rm -f ${PIDFILE}
 	fi
-	if start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --oknodo --background --make-pidfile --pidfile ${PIDFILE} --exec ${DAEMON} -- -c /etc/mosquitto/mosquitto.conf ; then
+	if start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --oknodo --background --make-pidfile --pidfile ${PIDFILE} --exec ${DAEMON} -- -c ${CONFIG} ; then
 	    log_end_msg 0
 	else
 	    log_end_msg 1
@@ -104,7 +105,7 @@ case "$1" in
 	    0)
 		# old daemon stopped
 		rm -f ${PIDFILE}
-		if start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --oknodo --background --make-pidfile --pidfile ${PIDFILE} --exec ${DAEMON} -- -c /etc/mosquitto/mosquitto.conf ; then
+		if start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --oknodo --background --make-pidfile --pidfile ${PIDFILE} --exec ${DAEMON} -- -c ${CONFIG} ; then
 		    log_end_msg 0
 		else
 		    log_end_msg 1