diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 888b85ba8..49e75a84e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ BUILD_GOVERSION="$(shell go version | cut -d " " -f3 | sed -E 's/[go]+//g')"
 BUILD_CODENAME=$(shell cat RELEASE.json | jq -r .CodeName)
 BUILD_TIMESTAMP=$(shell date +%F"_"%T)
 BUILD_TAG?="$(shell git rev-parse HEAD)"
+DEFAULT_CONFIGDIR ?= "/etc/crowdsec"
+DEFAULT_DATADIR ?= "/var/lib/crowdsec/data"
 
 export LD_OPTS=-ldflags "-s -w -X github.com/crowdsecurity/crowdsec/pkg/cwversion.Version=$(BUILD_VERSION) \
 -X github.com/crowdsecurity/crowdsec/pkg/cwversion.System=$(SYSTEM) \
@@ -51,14 +53,16 @@ export LD_OPTS=-ldflags "-s -w -X github.com/crowdsecurity/crowdsec/pkg/cwversio
 -X github.com/crowdsecurity/crowdsec/pkg/cwversion.Codename=$(BUILD_CODENAME)  \
 -X github.com/crowdsecurity/crowdsec/pkg/cwversion.Tag=$(BUILD_TAG) \
 -X github.com/crowdsecurity/crowdsec/pkg/cwversion.GoVersion=$(BUILD_GOVERSION) \
--X github.com/crowdsecurity/crowdsec/pkg/csconfig.defaultConfigDir=/etc/crowdsec \
--X github.com/crowdsecurity/crowdsec/pkg/csconfig.defaultDataDir=/var/lib/crowdsec/data"
+-X github.com/crowdsecurity/crowdsec/pkg/csconfig.defaultConfigDir=$(DEFAULT_CONFIGDIR) \
+-X github.com/crowdsecurity/crowdsec/pkg/csconfig.defaultDataDir=$(DEFAULT_DATADIR)"
 
 export LD_OPTS_STATIC=-ldflags "-s -w -X github.com/crowdsecurity/crowdsec/pkg/cwversion.Version=$(BUILD_VERSION) \
 -X github.com/crowdsecurity/crowdsec/pkg/cwversion.BuildDate=$(BUILD_TIMESTAMP) \
 -X github.com/crowdsecurity/crowdsec/pkg/cwversion.Codename=$(BUILD_CODENAME)  \
 -X github.com/crowdsecurity/crowdsec/pkg/cwversion.Tag=$(BUILD_TAG) \
 -X github.com/crowdsecurity/crowdsec/pkg/cwversion.GoVersion=$(BUILD_GOVERSION) \
+-X github.com/crowdsecurity/crowdsec/pkg/csconfig.defaultConfigDir=$(DEFAULT_CONFIGDIR) \
+-X github.com/crowdsecurity/crowdsec/pkg/csconfig.defaultDataDir=$(DEFAULT_DATADIR) \
 -extldflags '-static'"
 
 RELDIR = crowdsec-$(BUILD_VERSION)