diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 5fd3c8de..7ae343e0 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -228,6 +228,10 @@ if test "x$use_bdjava_jar" = "xyes" && test "x$HAVE_ANT" = "xno"; then
     AC_MSG_ERROR([BD-J requires ANT, but ant was not found. Please install it.])
 fi
 
+if test "x$use_bdjava_jar" = "xyes"; then
+  CPPFLAGS="${CPPFLAGS} -DJARDIR='\"\$(datadir)/java\"'"
+fi
+
 AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([JAVA_ARCH], ["$java_arch"], ["Defines the architecture of the java vm."])
 AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([JDK_HOME], ["$JDK_HOME"], [""])
 AM_CONDITIONAL([USING_BDJAVA_BUILD_JAR], [ test $use_bdjava_jar = "yes" ])
diff --git a/src/libbluray/bdj/bdj.c b/src/libbluray/bdj/bdj.c
index 511ad533..e273b9e0 100644
--- a/src/libbluray/bdj/bdj.c
+++ b/src/libbluray/bdj/bdj.c
@@ -478,6 +478,7 @@ static const char *_find_libbluray_jar(BDJ_STORAGE *storage)
     // pre-defined search paths for libbluray.jar
     static const char * const jar_paths[] = {
 #ifndef _WIN32
+        JARDIR "/" BDJ_JARFILE,
         "/usr/share/java/" BDJ_JARFILE,
         "/usr/share/libbluray/lib/" BDJ_JARFILE,
 #endif