diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 75b784f75..b39fc4162 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ endif
 cmakedir = $(libdir)/cmake/PulseAudio
 cmake_DATA = PulseAudioConfig.cmake PulseAudioConfigVersion.cmake
 
-bashcompletiondir=$(sysconfdir)/bash_completion.d
+bashcompletiondir=@bashcompletiondir@
 dist_bashcompletion_DATA = shell-completion/bash/pulseaudio
 
 install-bashcompletion-aliases:
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index b2fcd1e74..9e656841c 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1436,6 +1436,20 @@ AC_ARG_WITH(
 
 AC_SUBST(udevrulesdir)
 
+# PKG_CHECK_VAR available with pkg-config 0.28
+AC_DEFUN([PKG_CHECK_VAR],
+        [AC_REQUIRE([PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG])dnl
+        AC_ARG_VAR([$1], [value of $3 for $2, overriding pkg-config])dnl
+        _PKG_CONFIG([$1], [variable="][$3]["], [$2])
+        AS_VAR_COPY([$1], [pkg_cv_][$1])
+        AS_VAR_IF([$1], [""], [$5], [$4])dnl
+        ])
+
+PKG_CHECK_VAR(bashcompletiondir, [bash-completion], [completionsdir], ,
+    bashcompletiondir="${sysconfdir}/bash_completion.d")
+
+AC_SUBST(bashcompletiondir)
+
 AC_ARG_WITH(
         [zsh-completion-dir],
         AS_HELP_STRING([--with-zsh-completion-dir], [Zsh completions directory (defaults to ${datadir}/zsh/site-functions)]),
@@ -1563,6 +1577,7 @@ echo "
     System State Path:             ${PA_SYSTEM_STATE_PATH}
     System Config Path:            ${PA_SYSTEM_CONFIG_PATH}
     Zsh completions directory:     ${zshcompletiondir}
+    Bash completions directory:    ${bashcompletiondir}
     Compiler:                      ${CC}
     CFLAGS:                        ${CFLAGS}
     CPPFLAGS:                      ${CPPFLAGS}