1diff --git a/scripts/systemd/nutshutdown.in b/scripts/systemd/nutshutdown.in
2index ace2485b3..9dee869bb 100755
3--- a/scripts/systemd/nutshutdown.in
4+++ b/scripts/systemd/nutshutdown.in
5@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
6 #!/bin/sh
7+export NUT_CONFPATH="${NUT_CONFPATH-/etc/nut}"
8
9 # This script requires both nut-server (drivers)
10 # and nut-client (upsmon) to be present locally