diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 3609d88..48c6bc6 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -227,6 +227,7 @@ if [[ $use_bdjava = "yes" ]]; then
   AC_DEFINE([USING_BDJAVA], [1], ["Define to 1 if using BD-Java"])
   AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([JAVA_ARCH], ["$java_arch"], ["Defines the architecture of the java vm."])
   AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([JDK_HOME], ["$JDK_HOME"], [""])
+  CPPFLAGS="${CPPFLAGS} -DJARDIR='\"\$(datadir)/java\"'"
 fi
 AM_CONDITIONAL([USING_BDJAVA], [ test $use_bdjava = "yes" ])
 
diff --git a/src/libbluray/bdj/bdj.c b/src/libbluray/bdj/bdj.c
index c622801..f4aab9b 100644
--- a/src/libbluray/bdj/bdj.c
+++ b/src/libbluray/bdj/bdj.c
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ static const char *_find_libbluray_jar(void)
 #ifdef _WIN32
         "" BDJ_JARFILE,
 #else
-        "/usr/share/java/" BDJ_JARFILE,
+        JARDIR "/" BDJ_JARFILE,
 #endif
     };