diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in

index 58fd069..a4241eb 100644

--- a/configure.in

+++ b/configure.in

@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ AC_SUBST(LIBVERSION)

 pkgsysconfdir=${sysconfdir}/$PACKAGE

 AC_SUBST(pkgsysconfdir)

+pkgdatadir=${datadir}/$PACKAGE

+AC_SUBST(pkgdatadir)

+

 AC_PROG_LIBTOOL

 AC_PROG_CC

diff --git a/etc/Makefile.am b/etc/Makefile.am

index aed318f..51b1188 100644

--- a/etc/Makefile.am

+++ b/etc/Makefile.am

@@ -14,9 +14,11 @@ CLEANFILES = *~ radiusclient.conf

 sbindir = @sbindir@

 pkgsysconfdir = @pkgsysconfdir@

-pkgsysconf_DATA = issue port-id-map radiusclient.conf \

-	dictionary dictionary.ascend dictionary.compat dictionary.merit \

-	dictionary.sip

+pkgsysconf_DATA = issue port-id-map radiusclient.conf

+

+pkgdatadir = @pkgdatadir@

+pkgdata_DATA = dictionary dictionary.ascend dictionary.compat \

+	dictionary.merit dictionary.sip

 EXTRA_DIST = issue port-id-map dictionary dictionary.ascend \

 	dictionary.compat dictionary.merit servers radiusclient.conf.in \

@@ -25,6 +27,7 @@ EXTRA_DIST = issue port-id-map dictionary dictionary.ascend \

 radiusclient.conf: radiusclient.conf.in

 	sed -e 's|@sbin''dir@|$(sbindir)|g' \

 	    -e 's|@pkgsysconf''dir@|$(pkgsysconfdir)|g' \

+	    -e 's|@pkgdata''dir@|$(pkgdatadir)|g' \

 	    <$(srcdir)/radiusclient.conf.in >radiusclient.conf

 install-data-local: servers

diff --git a/etc/radiusclient.conf.in b/etc/radiusclient.conf.in

index 948bc2f..aac9973 100644

--- a/etc/radiusclient.conf.in

+++ b/etc/radiusclient.conf.in

@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ servers		@pkgsysconfdir@/servers

 # dictionary of allowed attributes and values

 # just like in the normal RADIUS distributions

-dictionary 	@pkgsysconfdir@/dictionary

+dictionary 	@pkgdatadir@/dictionary

 # program to call for a RADIUS authenticated login

 login_radius	@sbindir@/login.radius