diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index ce440852d7..b77863d107 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ include_directories(BEFORE
 )
 
 configure_file(version.c.in ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/version.c)
+configure_file(util-config.h.in ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/util-config.h)
 
 # This creates a custom command to transform a bison output file (inFile)
 # into outFile in order to avoid symbol conflicts:
@@ -444,10 +445,6 @@ set(bro_SRCS
 
 collect_headers(bro_HEADERS ${bro_SRCS})
 
-add_definitions(-DBRO_SCRIPT_INSTALL_PATH="${BRO_SCRIPT_INSTALL_PATH}")
-add_definitions(-DBRO_SCRIPT_SOURCE_PATH="${BRO_SCRIPT_SOURCE_PATH}")
-add_definitions(-DBRO_BUILD_PATH="${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}")
-
 add_executable(bro ${bro_SRCS} ${bro_HEADERS})
 
 target_link_libraries(bro ${brodeps} ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT})
diff --git a/src/util-config.h.in b/src/util-config.h.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c50c4e6b48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util-config.h.in
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#define BRO_SCRIPT_INSTALL_PATH "@BRO_SCRIPT_INSTALL_PATH@"
+#define BRO_SCRIPT_SOURCE_PATH "@BRO_SCRIPT_SOURCE_PATH@"
+#define BRO_BUILD_PATH "@CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR@"
diff --git a/src/util.cc b/src/util.cc
index 3b6fcac76f..76ca7729df 100644
--- a/src/util.cc
+++ b/src/util.cc
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 // See the file "COPYING" in the main distribution directory for copyright.
 
 #include "config.h"
+#include "util-config.h"
 
 #ifdef TIME_WITH_SYS_TIME
 # include <sys/time.h>