diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 0073eb13..0ffc6863 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -34,7 +34,10 @@ pipewire_libexecdir = join_paths(prefix, get_option('libexecdir'))
 pipewire_localedir = join_paths(prefix, get_option('localedir'))
 pipewire_sysconfdir = join_paths(prefix, get_option('sysconfdir'))
 
-pipewire_configdir = join_paths(pipewire_sysconfdir, 'pipewire')
+pipewire_configdir = get_option('pipewire_config_dir')
+if pipewire_configdir == ''
+  pipewire_configdir = join_paths(pipewire_sysconfdir, 'pipewire')
+endif
 modules_install_dir = join_paths(pipewire_libdir, pipewire_name)
 
 if host_machine.system() == 'linux'
diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
index 4b9e46b8..8c301459 100644
--- a/meson_options.txt
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@ option('pipewire-pulseaudio',
 option('libpulse-path',
        description: 'Where to install the libpulse.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: 'boolean',