diff --git a/src/meson.build b/src/meson.build
index 8c7449f9b8a0..b1b3514f6ed7 100644
--- a/src/meson.build
+++ b/src/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,17 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: CC0-1.0
 
+# Handle system paths
+datadir = get_option('datadir')
+prefix = get_option('prefix')
+sysconfdir = get_option('sysconfdir')
+
+libcamera_datadir = datadir / 'libcamera'
+libcamera_sysconfdir = sysconfdir / 'libcamera'
+
+config_h.set('LIBCAMERA_SYSCONF_DIR', '"' + prefix / libcamera_sysconfdir + '"')
+config_h.set('LIBCAMERA_DATA_DIR', '"' + prefix / libcamera_datadir + '"')
+
+# Module Signing
 openssl = find_program('openssl', required : true)
 if openssl.found()
     ipa_priv_key = custom_target('ipa-priv-key',