1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/mailman/core/initialize.py b/src/mailman/core/initialize.py
index 4c02df53a..2e5a4238f 100644
--- a/src/mailman/core/initialize.py
+++ b/src/mailman/core/initialize.py
@@ -68,7 +68,13 @@ def search_for_configuration_file():
     # ./mailman.cfg
     config_path = os.path.abspath('mailman.cfg')
     if os.path.exists(config_path):
-        return os.path.abspath(config_path)
+        return config_path
+    # As a special case, look in ./var/etc/mailman.cfg.  We can't do this in
+    # the Configuration.load() method because that depends on the
+    # configuration system, which of course is not set up at that time!
+    config_path = os.path.abspath(os.path.join('var', 'etc', 'mailman.cfg'))
+    if os.path.exists(config_path):
+        return config_path
     # ~/.mailman.cfg
     config_path = os.path.join(os.getenv('HOME'), '.mailman.cfg')
     if os.path.exists(config_path):