diff --git a/Makefile.PL b/Makefile.PL
index 96d2fb7fa7..e4ff75b180 100644
--- a/Makefile.PL
+++ b/Makefile.PL
@@ -240,6 +240,10 @@ Directory for external Koha plugins.
 
 Directory for PazPar2 configuration files.
 
+=item FONT_DIR
+
+Directory where DejaVu fonts are installed.
+
 =item NONE
 
 This is a dummy target used to explicitly state
@@ -442,7 +446,8 @@ my %config_defaults = (
   'PATH_TO_ZEBRA' => '',
   'USE_MEMCACHED'     => 'no',
   'MEMCACHED_SERVERS' => '127.0.0.1:11211',
-  'MEMCACHED_NAMESPACE' => 'KOHA'
+  'MEMCACHED_NAMESPACE' => 'KOHA',
+  'FONT_DIR'          => '/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-dejavu'
 );
 
 # set some default configuration options based on OS
@@ -1081,6 +1086,8 @@ Memcached namespace?);
       $config{'MEMCACHED_NAMESPACE'} = _get_value('MEMCACHED_NAMESPACE', $msg, $defaults->{'MEMCACHED_NAMESPACE'}, $valid_values, $install_log_values);
   }
 
+  $msg = q(Path to DejaVu fonts?);
+  $config{'FONT_DIR'} = _get_value('FONT_DIR', $msg, $defaults->{'FONT_DIR'}, $valid_values, $install_log_values);
 
 
   $msg = q(
diff --git a/etc/koha-conf.xml b/etc/koha-conf.xml
index 289d51d163..0c22385275 100644
--- a/etc/koha-conf.xml
+++ b/etc/koha-conf.xml
@@ -117,18 +117,18 @@ __PAZPAR2_TOGGLE_XML_POST__
 
  <!-- true type font mapping accoding to type from $font_types in C4/Creators/Lib.pm -->
  <ttf>
-    <font type="TR" >/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-dejavu/DejaVuSerif.ttf</font>
-    <font type="TB" >/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-dejavu/DejaVuSerif-Bold.ttf</font>
-    <font type="TI" >/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-dejavu/DejaVuSerif-Italic.ttf</font>
-    <font type="TBI">/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-dejavu/DejaVuSerif-BoldItalic.ttf</font>
-    <font type="C"  >/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-dejavu/DejaVuSansMono.ttf</font>
-    <font type="CB" >/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-dejavu/DejaVuSansMono-Bold.ttf</font>
-    <font type="CO" >/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-dejavu/DejaVuSansMono-Oblique.ttf</font>
-    <font type="CBO">/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-dejavu/DejaVuSansMono-BoldOblique.ttf</font>
-    <font type="H"  >/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-dejavu/DejaVuSans.ttf</font>
-    <font type="HO" >/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-dejavu/DejaVuSans-Oblique.ttf</font>
-    <font type="HB" >/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-dejavu/DejaVuSans-Bold.ttf</font>
-    <font type="HBO">/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-dejavu/DejaVuSans-BoldOblique.ttf</font>
+    <font type="TR" >__FONT_DIR__/DejaVuSerif.ttf</font>
+    <font type="TB" >__FONT_DIR__/DejaVuSerif-Bold.ttf</font>
+    <font type="TI" >__FONT_DIR__/DejaVuSerif-Italic.ttf</font>
+    <font type="TBI">__FONT_DIR__/DejaVuSerif-BoldItalic.ttf</font>
+    <font type="C"  >__FONT_DIR__/DejaVuSansMono.ttf</font>
+    <font type="CB" >__FONT_DIR__/DejaVuSansMono-Bold.ttf</font>
+    <font type="CO" >__FONT_DIR__/DejaVuSansMono-Oblique.ttf</font>
+    <font type="CBO">__FONT_DIR__/DejaVuSansMono-BoldOblique.ttf</font>
+    <font type="H"  >__FONT_DIR__/DejaVuSans.ttf</font>
+    <font type="HO" >__FONT_DIR__/DejaVuSans-Oblique.ttf</font>
+    <font type="HB" >__FONT_DIR__/DejaVuSans-Bold.ttf</font>
+    <font type="HBO">__FONT_DIR__/DejaVuSans-BoldOblique.ttf</font>
  </ttf>
 
 </config>
diff --git a/rewrite-config.PL b/rewrite-config.PL
index 91f74cb661..3239a59663 100644
--- a/rewrite-config.PL
+++ b/rewrite-config.PL
@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@ $prefix = $ENV{'INSTALL_BASE'} || "/usr";
   "__USE_MEMCACHED__" => 'no',
   "__MEMCACHED_SERVERS__" => "",
   "__MEMCACHED_NAMESPACE__" => "",
+  "__FONT_DIR__" => "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-dejavu",
 );
 
 # Override configuration from the environment