diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 69a8cdbec1f5d..4af6b0c0f57a9 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ ENV GOPROXY ${GOPROXY:-direct}
 ARG GITEA_VERSION
 ARG TAGS="sqlite sqlite_unlock_notify"
 ENV TAGS "bindata timetzdata $TAGS"
+ENV LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -X \"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/setting.CustomPath=/data/gitea\" \
+  -X \"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/setting.AppWorkPath=/app/gitea\""
 ARG CGO_EXTRA_CFLAGS
 
 #Build deps
diff --git a/Dockerfile.rootless b/Dockerfile.rootless
index f6430e5f69d45..a28abf10518ff 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.rootless
+++ b/Dockerfile.rootless
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ ENV GOPROXY ${GOPROXY:-direct}
 ARG GITEA_VERSION
 ARG TAGS="sqlite sqlite_unlock_notify"
 ENV TAGS "bindata timetzdata $TAGS"
+ENV LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -X \"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/setting.CustomPath=/var/lib/gitea/custom\" \
+  -X \"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/setting.CustomConf=/etc/gitea/conf.ini\" \
+  -X \"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/setting.AppWorkPath=/var/lib/gitea\""
 ARG CGO_EXTRA_CFLAGS
 
 #Build deps
diff --git a/contrib/fhs-compliant-script/gitea b/contrib/fhs-compliant-script/gitea
index 019f838f92218..770e80aec46e0 100755
--- a/contrib/fhs-compliant-script/gitea
+++ b/contrib/fhs-compliant-script/gitea
@@ -37,6 +37,6 @@ if [ -z "$APP_INI_SET" ]; then
 fi
 
 # Provide FHS compliant defaults to
-exec -a "$0" GITEA_WORK_DIR="${GITEA_WORK_DIR:-$WORK_DIR}" "$GITEA" $CONF_ARG "$@"
+GITEA_WORK_DIR="${GITEA_WORK_DIR:-$WORK_DIR}" exec -a "$0" "$GITEA" $CONF_ARG "$@"