diff --git a/config/src/config.hh.in b/config/src/config.hh.in
index 64f37eb002cdc09e4932d6f798d82d860f5e4202..8863c25c27c2fa4c31a34c6a600af51a7782b10c 100644
--- a/config/src/config.hh.in
+++ b/config/src/config.hh.in
@@ -10,4 +10,7 @@
 #define PROMOD3_VERSION_MINOR @PROMOD3_VERSION_MINOR@
 #define PROMOD3_VERSION_STRING "@PROMOD3_VERSION_STRING@"
 
+/* make path variables available */
+#define PROMOD3_SHARED_DATA_PATH "@SHARED_DATA_PATH@"
+
 #endif