diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 1f3d3cee9..73525efb9 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ SET (TASK_MAN1DIR share/man/man1 CACHE STRING "Installation directory for man pa
 SET (TASK_MAN5DIR share/man/man5 CACHE STRING "Installation directory for man pages, section 5")
 endif (FREEBSD)
 SET (TASK_DOCDIR  share/doc/task CACHE STRING "Installation directory for doc files")
+SET (TASK_RCDIR "${TASK_DOCDIR}/rc" CACHE STRING "Installation directory for configuration files")
 SET (TASK_BINDIR  bin            CACHE STRING "Installation directory for the binary")
 
 message ("-- Looking for SHA1 references")
diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 98bacd59a..7cb906de9 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ lists them and their defaults plus the CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:
   CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX  /usr/local
   TASK_BINDIR           bin
   TASK_DOCDIR           share/doc/task
+  TASK_RCDIR            share/doc/task/rc
   TASK_MAN1DIR          share/man/man1
   TASK_MAN5DIR          share/man/man5
 
@@ -75,6 +76,7 @@ get absolute installation directories:
 
   CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX/TASK_BINDIR   /usr/local/bin
   CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX/TASK_DOCDIR   /usr/local/share/doc/task
+  CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX/TASK_RCDIR    /usr/local/share/doc/task/rc
   CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX/TASK_MAN1DIR  /usr/local/share/man/man1
   CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX/TASK_MAN5DIR  /usr/local/share/man/man5
 
diff --git a/cmake.h.in b/cmake.h.in
index 3a0b2ac4d..5739d4fdf 100644
--- a/cmake.h.in
+++ b/cmake.h.in
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 #define PACKAGE_STRING    "${PACKAGE_STRING}"
 
 /* Installation details */
-#define TASK_RCDIR "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/${TASK_DOCDIR}/rc"
+#define TASK_RCDIR "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/${TASK_RCDIR}"
 
 /* Localization */
 #define PACKAGE_LANGUAGE  ${PACKAGE_LANGUAGE}
diff --git a/doc/man/task-color.5.in b/doc/man/task-color.5.in
index 243f90945..3fef0f3ac 100644
--- a/doc/man/task-color.5.in
+++ b/doc/man/task-color.5.in
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ your .taskrc file (note that your installation may use a slightly different path
 from the example):
 
 .RS
-include /usr/local/share/doc/task/rc/dark-256.theme
+include ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/${TASK_RCDIR}/dark-256.theme
 .RE
 
 You can use any of the standard taskwarrior themes:
diff --git a/doc/man/task-tutorial.5.in b/doc/man/task-tutorial.5.in
index da28abef6..803476e6c 100644
--- a/doc/man/task-tutorial.5.in
+++ b/doc/man/task-tutorial.5.in
@@ -1286,19 +1286,19 @@ theme into the configuration file, you can see some striking effects.  For a
 blue theme, add this line to your .taskrc file:
 
 .RS
-include /usr/local/share/doc/task/rc/dark-blue-256.theme
+include ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/${TASK_RCDIR}/dark-blue-256.theme
 .RE
 
 For a red theme:
 
 .RS
-include /usr/local/share/doc/task/rc/dark-red-256.theme
+include ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/${TASK_RCDIR}/dark-red-256.theme
 .RE
 
 For a general dark theme:
 
 .RS
-include /usr/local/share/doc/task/rc/dark-256.theme
+include ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/${TASK_RCDIR}/dark-256.theme
 .RE
 
 Here are two color rules that specify a dark blue background for all tasks that
@@ -1497,7 +1497,7 @@ used most.  You can create your own, or use one of the samples to show holidays
 on the calendar.  Try adding this line to your ~/.taskrc file:
 
 .RS
-include /usr/local/share/doc/task/rc/holidays.en-US.rc
+include ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/${TASK_RCDIR}/holidays.en-US.rc
 .RE
 
 Then:
diff --git a/doc/man/taskrc.5.in b/doc/man/taskrc.5.in
index 60926e2c8..9b375e520 100644
--- a/doc/man/taskrc.5.in
+++ b/doc/man/taskrc.5.in
@@ -131,9 +131,9 @@ ones containing just the relevant configuration data like colors, etc.
 There are two excellent uses of includes in your .taskrc, shown here:
 
 .RS
-include /usr/local/share/doc/task/rc/holidays.en-US.rc
+include ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/${TASK_RCDIR}/holidays.en-US.rc
 .br
-include /usr/local/share/doc/task/rc/dark-16.theme
+include ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/${TASK_RCDIR}/dark-16.theme
 .RE
 
 This includes two standard files that are distributed with taskwarrior, which
@@ -724,7 +724,7 @@ be included like this:
 .RS
 .RS
 .br
-include /usr/local/share/doc/task/rc/holidays.en-US.rc
+include ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/${TASK_RCDIR}/holidays.en-US.rc
 .RE
 .RE