diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 7a87432f1..da0bfcd5d 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -759,6 +759,9 @@ AC_ARG_ENABLE([oss-output],
 AC_ARG_ENABLE([oss-wrapper],
     AS_HELP_STRING([--disable-oss-wrapper],[Disable optional OSS wrapper support]))
 
+AC_ARG_WITH([pulsedsp-location],
+    AS_HELP_STRING([--with-pulsedsp-location],[Specify location where OSS wrapper will be installed]))
+
 AS_IF([test "x$enable_oss_output" != "xno" -o "x$enable_oss_wrapper" != "xno"],
     [AC_CHECK_HEADERS([sys/soundcard.h], HAVE_OSS=1, HAVE_OSS=0)],
     HAVE_OSS=0)
@@ -774,7 +777,12 @@ AS_IF([test "x$enable_oss_wrapper" != "xno"],
     [AS_IF([test "x$HAVE_OSS" = "x1"], HAVE_OSS_WRAPPER=1, HAVE_OSS_WRAPPER=0)],
     HAVE_OSS_WRAPPER=0)
 
+AS_IF([test "x$with_pulsedsp_location" != "x"],
+    [PULSEDSP_LOCATION="$with_pulsedsp_location"],
+    [PULSEDSP_LOCATION="\$(pkglibdir)"])
+
 AC_SUBST(HAVE_OSS_OUTPUT)
+AC_SUBST(PULSEDSP_LOCATION)
 AM_CONDITIONAL([HAVE_OSS_OUTPUT], [test "x$HAVE_OSS_OUTPUT" = "x1"])
 AM_CONDITIONAL([HAVE_OSS_WRAPPER], [test "x$HAVE_OSS_WRAPPER" = "x1"])
 AS_IF([test "x$HAVE_OSS_OUTPUT" = "x1"], AC_DEFINE([HAVE_OSS_OUTPUT], 1, [Have OSS output?]))
diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index 498a3867a..558472801 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -923,7 +923,7 @@ padsplib_LTLIBRARIES = libpulsedsp.la
 bin_SCRIPTS += padsp
 
 edit = @SED@ \
-       -e "s|@pkglibdir[@]|$(pkglibdir)|g"
+       -e 's|@PULSEDSP_LOCATION[@]|$(PULSEDSP_LOCATION)|g'
 
 padsp: utils/padsp.in
 	$(edit) $< > $@
diff --git a/src/utils/padsp.in b/src/utils/padsp.in
index 3430a6575..fea00d2ad 100644
--- a/src/utils/padsp.in
+++ b/src/utils/padsp.in
@@ -74,9 +74,9 @@ done
 shift $(( $OPTIND - 1 ))
 
 if [ x"$LD_PRELOAD" = x ] ; then
-   LD_PRELOAD="@pkglibdir@/libpulsedsp.so"
+   LD_PRELOAD="@PULSEDSP_LOCATION@/libpulsedsp.so"
 else
-   LD_PRELOAD="$LD_PRELOAD @pkglibdir@/libpulsedsp.so"
+   LD_PRELOAD="$LD_PRELOAD @PULSEDSP_LOCATION@/libpulsedsp.so"
 fi
 
 export LD_PRELOAD