--- /dev/null
+--- a/src/opkg-cl.c
++++ b/src/opkg-cl.c
+@@ -207,6 +207,9 @@ args_parse(int argc, char *argv[])
+ }
+ }
+
++ if(!conf->conf_file && !conf->offline_root)
++ conf->conf_file = xstrdup("/etc/opkg.conf");
++
+ if (parse_err)
+ return parse_err;
+ else