diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index a27569bd..fcf18344 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -36,7 +36,10 @@ pipewire_libexecdir = prefix / get_option('libexecdir')
 pipewire_localedir = prefix / get_option('localedir')
 pipewire_sysconfdir = prefix / get_option('sysconfdir')
 
-pipewire_configdir = pipewire_sysconfdir / 'pipewire'
+pipewire_configdir = get_option('pipewire_config_dir')
+if pipewire_configdir == ''
+  pipewire_configdir = pipewire_sysconfdir / 'pipewire'
+endif
 modules_install_dir = pipewire_libdir / pipewire_name
 
 if host_machine.system() == 'linux'
diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
index 85beb86a..372e8faa 100644
--- a/meson_options.txt
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -67,6 +67,9 @@ option('jack-devel',
 option('libjack-path',
        description: 'Where to install the libjack.so library',
        type: 'string')
+option('pipewire_config_dir',
+       type : 'string',
+       description : 'Directory for pipewire configuration (defaults to /etc/pipewire)')
 option('spa-plugins',
        description: 'Enable spa plugins integration',
        type: 'feature',