--- client/climisc.c.orig	Tue Feb  3 07:23:52 1998
+++ client/climisc.c	Fri Feb  6 16:45:34 1998
@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@
 #include <mapctrl.h>
 #include <map.h>
 
+#ifndef FREECIV_DATADIR
+#define FREECIV_DATADIR "data"
+#endif
+
+
 /***************************************************************************
 ...
 ***************************************************************************/
@@ -42,7 +47,7 @@
       if(datadir[i] == '/')
 	datadir[i] = '\0';
     } else {
-      datadir = "data";		/* correct if not 'data' is the default */
+      datadir = FREECIV_DATADIR; /* correct if not 'data' is the default */
     };
   };
   sprintf(realfile,"%s/%s",datadir,filename);
