diff --git a/config.h.cmake b/config.h.cmake
index fbf2e1eee..4aeb108de 100644
--- a/config.h.cmake
+++ b/config.h.cmake
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #define PACKAGE_STRING  PACKAGE_NAME" @CANTATA_VERSION_FULL@"
 #define PACKAGE_VERSION_STRING "@CANTATA_VERSION_WITH_SPIN@"
 #define INSTALL_PREFIX "@CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@"
+#define SHARE_INSTALL_PREFIX "@SHARE_INSTALL_PREFIX@"
 #define ICON_INSTALL_PREFIX "@CANTATA_ICON_INSTALL_PREFIX@"
 
 #cmakedefine ENABLE_DEVICES_SUPPORT 1
diff --git a/support/utils.cpp b/support/utils.cpp
index 02d30b7de..3e72431c6 100644
--- a/support/utils.cpp
+++ b/support/utils.cpp
@@ -762,7 +762,7 @@ QString Utils::systemDir(const QString &sub)
     #elif defined Q_OS_MAC
     return fixPath(QCoreApplication::applicationDirPath())+QLatin1String("../Resources/")+(sub.isEmpty() ? QString() : (sub+constDirSep));
     #else
-    return fixPath(QString(INSTALL_PREFIX "/share/")+QCoreApplication::applicationName()+constDirSep+(sub.isEmpty() ? QString() : sub));
+    return fixPath(QString(SHARE_INSTALL_PREFIX"/")+QCoreApplication::applicationName()+constDirSep+(sub.isEmpty() ? QString() : sub));
     #endif
 }