diff --git a/config/openalpr.conf b/config/openalpr.conf
index bc374b7..51b0016 100644
--- a/config/openalpr.conf
+++ b/config/openalpr.conf
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [common]
 
 ; Specify the path to the runtime data directory
-runtime_dir = /usr/share/openalpr/runtime_data
+runtime_dir = ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/share/openalpr/runtime_data
 
 
 ocr_img_size_percent = 1.33333333
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 9d281b6..032bc23 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ add_subdirectory(video)
 install (TARGETS    alpr DESTINATION   ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/bin)
 install (FILES      ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/../doc/man/alpr.1 DESTINATION       ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/share/man/man1 COMPONENT doc)
 install (DIRECTORY  ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/../runtime_data DESTINATION         ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/share/openalpr)
-install (FILES      ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/../config/openalpr.conf DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_SYSCONFDIR}/openalpr      COMPONENT config)
+CONFIGURE_FILE(${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/../config/openalpr.conf ${CMAKE_INSTALL_SYSCONFDIR}/openalpr/openalpr.conf)
 
 IF (WITH_DAEMON)
   install (TARGETS    alprd DESTINATION  ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/bin)