diff --git a/usrlocalpkg/admin/makebin b/usrlocalpkg/admin/makebin
index ad89e49..0d156d4 100755
--- a/usrlocalpkg/admin/makebin
+++ b/usrlocalpkg/admin/makebin
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ use warnings;
 
 # see /usr/local/package/admin/config for further descriptions
 
+my $MXPKG  = $ENV{MAKEBIN_MXPKG}  || '/etc/mxpkg';
 my $CFG    = $ENV{MAKEBIN_CFG}    || '/usr/local/package/admin/config';
 my $LIBSRC = $ENV{MAKEBIN_LIBSRC} || '/usr/local/package/admin/lib';
 my $BINDIR = $ENV{MAKEBIN_BINDIR} || '/usr/local/package/bin';
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ sub tilde_replace {
 
 sub read_mxpkg {
 	my @ret;
-	open my $in,'<',"/etc/mxpkg" or die "/etc/.xmpg: $!\n";
+	open my $in,'<',$MXPKG or die "$MXPKG: $!\n";
 	while(<$in>) {
 		s/#.*//;
 		/\S/ or next;