diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index b6b4553b..f21c29d8 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -37,7 +37,10 @@ pipewire_localedir = prefix / get_option('localedir')
 pipewire_sysconfdir = prefix / get_option('sysconfdir')
 
 pipewire_configdir = pipewire_sysconfdir / 'pipewire'
-pipewire_confdatadir = pipewire_datadir / 'pipewire'
+pipewire_confdatadir = get_option('pipewire_confdata_dir')
+if pipewire_confdatadir == ''
+  pipewire_confdatadir = pipewire_datadir / 'pipewire'
+endif
 modules_install_dir = pipewire_libdir / pipewire_name
 
 if host_machine.system() == 'linux'
diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
index 9bc33fcd..e4bd2dc1 100644
--- a/meson_options.txt
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ option('jack-devel',
 option('libjack-path',
        description: 'Where to install the libjack.so library',
        type: 'string')
+option('pipewire_confdata_dir',
+       type: 'string',
+       description: 'Directory for pipewire default configuration (defaults to /usr/share/pipewire)')
 option('spa-plugins',
        description: 'Enable spa plugins integration',
        type: 'feature',