diff --git a/dissect/target/plugins/os/unix/etc/etc.py b/dissect/target/plugins/os/unix/etc/etc.py
index 04c8a2ad6..5f8ea411a 100644
--- a/dissect/target/plugins/os/unix/etc/etc.py
+++ b/dissect/target/plugins/os/unix/etc/etc.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import fnmatch
 import re
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import Iterator
+from typing import Iterator, Union
 
 from dissect.target import Target
 from dissect.target.helpers.record import TargetRecordDescriptor
@@ -28,7 +28,9 @@ class EtcTree(ConfigurationTreePlugin):
     def __init__(self, target: Target):
         super().__init__(target, "/etc")
 
-    def _sub(self, items: ConfigurationEntry, entry: Path, pattern: str) -> Iterator[UnixConfigTreeRecord]:
+    def _sub(
+        self, items: Union[ConfigurationEntry, dict], entry: Path, orig_path: Path, pattern: str
+    ) -> Iterator[UnixConfigTreeRecord]:
         index = 0
         config_entry = items
         if not isinstance(items, dict):
@@ -39,7 +41,7 @@ def _sub(self, items: ConfigurationEntry, entry: Path, pattern: str) -> Iterator
             path = Path(entry) / Path(key)
 
             if isinstance(value, dict):
-                yield from self._sub(value, path, pattern)
+                yield from self._sub(value, path, orig_path, pattern)
                 continue
 
             if not isinstance(value, list):
@@ -48,7 +50,9 @@ def _sub(self, items: ConfigurationEntry, entry: Path, pattern: str) -> Iterator
             if fnmatch.fnmatch(path, pattern):
                 data = {
                     "_target": self.target,
-                    "source": self.target.fs.path(config_entry.entry.path if hasattr(config_entry,"entry") else path),
+                    "source": self.target.fs.path(
+                        config_entry.entry.path if hasattr(config_entry, "entry") else orig_path
+                    ),
                     "path": path,
                     "key": key,
                     "value": value,
@@ -68,7 +72,7 @@ def etc(self, pattern: str) -> Iterator[UnixConfigTreeRecord]:
                 try:
                     config_object = self.get(str(Path(entry) / Path(item)))
                     if isinstance(config_object, ConfigurationEntry):
-                        yield from self._sub(config_object, Path(entry) / Path(item), pattern)
+                        yield from self._sub(config_object, Path(entry) / Path(item), Path(entry) / Path(item), pattern)
                 except Exception:
                     self.target.log.warning("Could not open configuration item: %s", item)
                     pass