diff --git a/src/game/Makefile.am b/src/game/Makefile.am
index 65be340dc..ad3315dac 100644
--- a/src/game/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/game/Makefile.am
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 ## Sub-directories to parse
 
 ## CPP flags for includes, defines, etc.
-AM_CPPFLAGS = $(MANGOS_INCLUDES) -I$(top_builddir)/src/shared -I$(srcdir) -I$(srcdir)/../../dep/include -I$(srcdir)/../framework -I$(srcdir)/../shared -I$(srcdir)/../shared/vmap -I$(srcdir)/../realmd
+AM_CPPFLAGS = $(MANGOS_INCLUDES) -I$(top_builddir)/src/shared -I$(srcdir) -I$(srcdir)/../../dep/include -I$(srcdir)/../framework -I$(srcdir)/../shared -I$(srcdir)/../shared/vmap -I$(srcdir)/../realmd -DSYSCONFDIR=\"$(sysconfdir)/\"
 
 ## Build MaNGOS game library as convenience library.
 #  All libraries will be convenience libraries. Might be changed to shared
diff --git a/src/mangosd/Makefile.am b/src/mangosd/Makefile.am
index f876d08f4..f93316fad 100644
--- a/src/mangosd/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/mangosd/Makefile.am
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 ## Process this file with automake to produce Makefile.in
 
 ## CPP flags for includes, defines, etc.
-AM_CPPFLAGS = $(MANGOS_INCLUDES) -I$(top_builddir)/src/shared -I$(srcdir)/../../dep/include -I$(srcdir)/../framework -I$(srcdir)/../shared  -I$(srcdir)/../game -I$(srcdir)
+AM_CPPFLAGS = $(MANGOS_INCLUDES) -I$(top_builddir)/src/shared -I$(srcdir)/../../dep/include -I$(srcdir)/../framework -I$(srcdir)/../shared  -I$(srcdir)/../game -I$(srcdir) -DSYSCONFDIR=\"$(sysconfdir)/\"
 
 ## Build world list daemon as standalone program
 bin_PROGRAMS = mangos-worldd
diff --git a/src/realmd/Makefile.am b/src/realmd/Makefile.am
index 31bc7c470..8930f5445 100644
--- a/src/realmd/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/realmd/Makefile.am
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 ## Process this file with automake to produce Makefile.in
 
 ## CPP flags for includes, defines, etc.
-AM_CPPFLAGS = $(MANGOS_INCLUDES) -I$(top_builddir)/src/shared -I$(srcdir)/../../dep/include -I$(srcdir)/../framework -I$(srcdir)/../shared -I$(srcdir)
+AM_CPPFLAGS = $(MANGOS_INCLUDES) -I$(top_builddir)/src/shared -I$(srcdir)/../../dep/include -I$(srcdir)/../framework -I$(srcdir)/../shared -I$(srcdir) -DSYSCONFDIR=\"$(sysconfdir)/\"
 
 ## Build realm list daemon as standalone program
 bin_PROGRAMS = mangos-realmd
diff --git a/src/shared/Makefile.am b/src/shared/Makefile.am
index 9418cbd37..225f4eb4c 100644
--- a/src/shared/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/shared/Makefile.am
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 SUBDIRS = Auth Config Database vmap
 
 ## CPP flags for includes, defines, etc.
-AM_CPPFLAGS = $(MANGOS_INCLUDES) -I$(top_builddir)/src/shared -I$(srcdir) -I$(srcdir)/../../dep/include -I$(srcdir)/../framework -I$(srcdir)/../shared -I$(srcdir)/../../dep/include/g3dlite
+AM_CPPFLAGS = $(MANGOS_INCLUDES) -I$(top_builddir)/src/shared -I$(srcdir) -I$(srcdir)/../../dep/include -I$(srcdir)/../framework -I$(srcdir)/../shared -I$(srcdir)/../../dep/include/g3dlite  -DSYSCONFDIR=\"$(sysconfdir)/\"
 ## AM_CPPFLAGS += -I$(srcdir)/../game -I$(srcdir)/../realmd
 
 ## Build MaNGOS shared library and its parts as convenience library.
diff --git a/src/shared/SystemConfig.h.in b/src/shared/SystemConfig.h.in
index 12d494c7b..d669f9bbc 100644
--- a/src/shared/SystemConfig.h.in
+++ b/src/shared/SystemConfig.h.in
@@ -49,18 +49,23 @@
 # define _ENDIAN_STRING "little-endian"
 #endif
 
+// The path to config files
+#ifndef SYSCONFDIR
+#  define SYSCONFDIR        ""
+#endif
+
 #if PLATFORM == PLATFORM_WINDOWS
 # ifdef _WIN64
 #  define _FULLVERSION _PACKAGENAME "/" _VERSION " (Win64," _ENDIAN_STRING ")"
 # else
 #  define _FULLVERSION _PACKAGENAME "/" _VERSION " (Win32," _ENDIAN_STRING ")"
 # endif
-# define _MANGOSD_CONFIG  "mangosd.conf"
-# define _REALMD_CONFIG   "realmd.conf"
+# define _MANGOSD_CONFIG  SYSCONFDIR"mangosd.conf"
+# define _REALMD_CONFIG   SYSCONFDIR"realmd.conf"
 #else
 # define _FULLVERSION _PACKAGENAME "/" _VERSION " (Unix," _ENDIAN_STRING ")"
-# define _MANGOSD_CONFIG  "@sysconfdir@/mangosd.conf"
-# define _REALMD_CONFIG  "@sysconfdir@/realmd.conf"
+# define _MANGOSD_CONFIG  SYSCONFDIR"mangosd.conf"
+# define _REALMD_CONFIG  SYSCONFDIR"realmd.conf"
 #endif
 
 #define DEFAULT_PLAYER_LIMIT 100