--- configure.in
+++ configure.in
@@ -286,6 +286,15 @@
 ])
 
 AC_SUBST(DATDEST)
+
+AC_ARG_WITH(libdir, [ --with-libdir=libdir   Specify the location of the services lib folder], [
+ AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(LIB_DIR,"$withval","services lib dir")
+ AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(MODULE_PATH,"${withval}/modules/","Module dir")
+ DATDEST=$withval
+ MODULE_PATH=${withval}/modules/
+])
+
+AC_SUBST(LIB_PATH)
 AC_SUBST(MODULE_PATH)
 
 AC_CONFIG_FILES(		\
--- src/Makefile
+++ src/Makefile
@@ -115,10 +115,6 @@
 	ln $(BINDEST)/services $(BINDEST)/listnicks
 	ln $(BINDEST)/services $(BINDEST)/listchans
 	(cd ../lang ; $(MAKE) install)
-	$(CP) ../data/* $(DATDEST)
-	$(INSTALL) bin/mydbgen $(DATDEST)/mydbgen
-	test -d $(DATDEST)/backups || mkdir $(DATDEST)/backups
-	test -d $(DATDEST)/logs || mkdir $(DATDEST)/logs
 	@if [ "$(MODULE_PATH)" ] ; then \
 		test -d ${MODULE_PATH} || mkdir ${MODULE_PATH} ; \
 		test -d ${MODULE_PATH}/runtime || mkdir ${MODULE_PATH}/runtime ; \
--- include/sysconf.h.in
+++ include/sysconf.h.in
@@ -96,6 +96,9 @@
 /* "Module dir" */
 #undef MODULE_PATH
 
+/* "Lib dir" */
+#undef LIB_DIR
+
 /* "Has mysql/mysql.h" */
 #undef MYSQL_HEADER_PREFIX
 
--- include/config.h
+++ include/config.h
@@ -22,10 +22,10 @@
 /******* General configuration *******/
 
 /* Name of configuration file (in Services directory) */
-#define SERVICES_CONF	"services.conf"
+#define SERVICES_CONF	"/etc/anope/services.conf"
 
 /* Name of log file (in Services directory) */
-#define LOG_FILENAME	"services.log"
+#define LOG_FILENAME	"/var/log/anope/services.log"
 
 /* Maximum amount of data from/to the network to buffer (bytes). */
 #define NET_BUFSIZE	65536
--- src/log.c
+++ src/log.c
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 
     /* fix bug 577 */
     strftime(timestamp, sizeof(timestamp), "%Y%m%d", tm);
-    snprintf(name, count, "logs/%s.%s", log_filename, timestamp);
+    snprintf(name, count, "%s.%s", log_filename, timestamp);
     curday = tm->tm_yday;
 
     return 1;
--- src/modules.c
+++ src/modules.c
@@ -2846,7 +2846,7 @@
 
 
 #ifndef _WIN32
-    snprintf(dirbuf, BUFSIZE, "%s/modules/runtime", services_dir);
+    snprintf(dirbuf, BUFSIZE, "%s/modules/runtime", LIB_DIR);
 #else
     snprintf(dirbuf, BUFSIZE, "\\%s", "modules/runtime");
 #endif
--- src/language.c
+++ src/language.c
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
         alog("debug: Loading language %d from file `languages/%s'",
              index, filename);
     }
-    snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "languages/%s", filename);
+    snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%s/languages/%s", LIB_DIR, filename);
 #ifndef _WIN32
     if (!(f = fopen(buf, "r"))) {
 #else