diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index f05d50a022b917772d596726c1d1e06f1fdec24c..d80e8f03071f8868bb60926078fa4a04425e2349 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2005-12-08  Kevin E. Martin  <kem-at-freedesktop-dot-org>
+
+	* Makefile.am:
+	* configure.ac:
+	Add configure options to allow hard-coded paths to be changed.
+
 2005-12-06  Kevin E. Martin  <kem-at-freedesktop-dot-org>
 
 	* Makefile.am:
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 55c510e2a2bb163cbf37b68644c87fa773d959d8..705d239dae41f894452632b8651c65a29a1dc358 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -21,7 +21,9 @@
 
 bin_PROGRAMS = luit
 
-luit_CFLAGS = $(LUIT_CFLAGS)
+LOCALEALIASFILE = @LOCALEALIASFILE@
+
+luit_CFLAGS = $(LUIT_CFLAGS) -DLOCALE_ALIAS_FILE=\"$(LOCALEALIASFILE)\"
 luit_LDADD = $(LUIT_LIBS)
 
 luit_SOURCES =	\
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 9b91b891f636f50823150a919535b8480790eae6..e6c530b44559ada34b10c3b9b0bb10f188f265cc 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -34,6 +34,13 @@ AC_CANONICAL_HOST
 
 AC_CHECK_LIB(z, gzopen,, AC_MSG_ERROR([zlib not found]))
 
+AC_ARG_WITH(localealiasfile,
+        AC_HELP_STRING([--with-localealiasfile=<path>],
+                       [The locale alias file (default: ${libdir}/X11/locale/locale.alias)]),
+        [LOCALEALIASFILE="$withval"],
+        [LOCALEALIASFILE=${libdir}/X11/locale/locale.alias])
+AC_SUBST([LOCALEALIASFILE])
+
 # Checks for pkg-config packages
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES(LUIT, x11 fontenc)