diff --git a/cli/cmdlineparser.cpp b/cli/cmdlineparser.cpp
index 5dff8d26f..42f51d486 100644
--- a/cli/cmdlineparser.cpp
+++ b/cli/cmdlineparser.cpp
@@ -917,7 +917,7 @@ bool CmdLineParser::parseFromArgs(int argc, const char* const argv[])
         }
     }
 
-    mSettings->loadCppcheckCfg(Path::getPathFromFilename(argv[0]) + "cppcheck.cfg");
+    mSettings->loadCppcheckCfg(argv[0]);
 
     // Default template format..
     if (mSettings->templateFormat.empty()) {
diff --git a/gui/mainwindow.cpp b/gui/mainwindow.cpp
index 812970e66..dc2888ace 100644
--- a/gui/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/gui/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -508,9 +508,7 @@ void MainWindow::doAnalyzeFiles(const QStringList &files, const bool checkLibrar
     checkSettings.checkLibrary = checkLibrary;
     checkSettings.checkConfiguration = checkConfiguration;
 
-    const QString applicationFilePath = QCoreApplication::applicationFilePath();
-    const QString appPath = QFileInfo(applicationFilePath).canonicalPath();
-    checkSettings.loadCppcheckCfg(appPath.toStdString() + "/cppcheck.cfg");
+    checkSettings.loadCppcheckCfg(QCoreApplication::applicationFilePath().toStdString());
 
     if (mProjectFile)
         qDebug() << "Checking project file" << mProjectFile->getFilename();
diff --git a/lib/settings.cpp b/lib/settings.cpp
index 64085830f..359fd3c77 100644
--- a/lib/settings.cpp
+++ b/lib/settings.cpp
@@ -76,9 +76,15 @@ Settings::Settings()
     certainty.setEnabled(Certainty::normal, true);
 }
 
-void Settings::loadCppcheckCfg(const std::string &filename)
+void Settings::loadCppcheckCfg(const std::string &exename)
 {
-    std::ifstream fin(filename);
+    std::string fileName = Path::getPathFromFilename(exename) + "cppcheck.cfg";
+#ifdef FILESDIR
+    if (Path::fileExists(FILESDIR "/cppcheck.cfg"))
+        fileName = FILESDIR "/cppcheck.cfg";
+#endif
+
+    std::ifstream fin(fileName);
     if (!fin.is_open())
         return;
     picojson::value json;
@@ -90,7 +96,7 @@ void Settings::loadCppcheckCfg(const std::string &filename)
         for (const picojson::value &v : obj["addons"].get<picojson::array>()) {
             const std::string &s = v.get<std::string>();
             if (!Path::isAbsolute(s))
-                addons.push_back(Path::getPathFromFilename(filename) + s);
+                addons.push_back(Path::getPathFromFilename(fileName) + s);
             else
                 addons.push_back(s);
         }
diff --git a/lib/settings.h b/lib/settings.h
index 6447816e7..e1c29b865 100644
--- a/lib/settings.h
+++ b/lib/settings.h
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ private:
 public:
     Settings();
 
-    void loadCppcheckCfg(const std::string &filename);
+    void loadCppcheckCfg(const std::string &exepath);
 
     /** @brief addons, either filename of python/json file or json data */
     std::list<std::string> addons;