diff --git a/waftools/generators/headers.py b/waftools/generators/headers.py
index 3c83292f7e..84f914c2c1 100644
--- a/waftools/generators/headers.py
+++ b/waftools/generators/headers.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ def __get_features_string__(ctx):
 def __add_mpv_defines__(ctx):
     from sys import argv
     ctx.define("CONFIGURATION", " ".join(argv))
-    ctx.define("MPV_CONFDIR", ctx.env.CONFDIR)
+    ctx.define("MPV_CONFDIR", ctx.env.CONFLOADDIR)
     ctx.define("FULLCONFIG", __escape_c_string(__get_features_string__(ctx)))
 
 def configure(ctx):
diff --git a/wscript b/wscript
index 837f5dd62c..8d15f383f3 100644
--- a/wscript
+++ b/wscript
@@ -872,6 +872,8 @@ _INSTALL_DIRS_LIST = [
     ('mandir',  '${DATADIR}/man',     'man pages '),
     ('docdir',  '${DATADIR}/doc/mpv', 'documentation files'),
     ('zshdir',  '${DATADIR}/zsh/site-functions', 'zsh completion functions'),
+
+    ('confloaddir', '${CONFDIR}', 'configuration files load directory'),
 ]
 
 def options(opt):