diff --git a/src/procmime.c b/src/procmime.c
index bd3239e..06a3b26 100644
--- a/src/procmime.c
+++ b/src/procmime.c
@@ -1144,20 +1144,16 @@ GList *procmime_get_mime_type_list(void)
 	MimeType *mime_type;
 	gboolean fp_is_glob_file = TRUE;
 
 	if (mime_type_list) 
 		return mime_type_list;
-	
-#if defined(__NetBSD__) || defined(__OpenBSD__) || defined(__FreeBSD__)
-	if ((fp = claws_fopen(DATAROOTDIR "/mime/globs", "rb")) == NULL) 
-#else
-	if ((fp = claws_fopen("/usr/share/mime/globs", "rb")) == NULL) 
-#endif
+
+	if ((fp = claws_fopen("@MIMEROOTDIR@/mime/globs", "rb")) == NULL)
 	{
 		fp_is_glob_file = FALSE;
 		if ((fp = claws_fopen("/etc/mime.types", "rb")) == NULL) {
 			if ((fp = claws_fopen(SYSCONFDIR "/mime.types", "rb")) 
 				== NULL) {
 				FILE_OP_ERROR(SYSCONFDIR "/mime.types", 
 					"claws_fopen");
 				return NULL;
 			}