diff --git a/README b/README
index ebaffba..37ba5b7 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ The ezstream software uses the GNU auto-tools to configure, build and install
 on a variety of systems. Aside from the standard autoconf options of the
 configure script, a couple of additional options are available:
 
+  --enable-examplesdir=DIR  example configuration files installation directory
+                          (default: DATADIR/examples/ezstream)
   --with-xml-config=PATH  use xml-config in PATH to find libxml
   --with-ogg=PREFIX       Prefix where libogg is installed (optional)
   --with-vorbis=PREFIX    Prefix where libvorbis is installed (optional)
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 65ce3c5..75394aa 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -12,8 +12,15 @@ AC_USE_SYSTEM_EXTENSIONS
 
 dnl SETUP
 
-dnl  XXX  This should be made configurable.
-EXAMPLES_DIR="\$(datadir)/examples/${PACKAGE}"
+EXAMPLES_DIR="\$(datadir)/examples/${PACKAGE_TARNAME}"
+AC_ARG_ENABLE(examplesdir,
+	AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-examplesdir=DIR],
+		[example configuration files installation directory (default: DATADIR/examples/ezstream)]),
+[case "$enableval" in
+	yes) ;;
+	no) AC_MSG_ERROR([Must have an example configuration files install dir.]) ;;
+	*) EXAMPLES_DIR="$enableval" ;;
+esac], [])
 AC_SUBST(EXAMPLES_DIR)
 
 AC_CANONICAL_HOST