diff --git a/sesman/Makefile.am b/sesman/Makefile.am
index 74ec183f..193a7cce 100644
--- a/sesman/Makefile.am
+++ b/sesman/Makefile.am
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ EXTRA_DIST = \
   Doxyfile
 
 AM_CPPFLAGS = \
+  -DXRDP_SYSCONF_PATH=\"${sysconfdir}\" \
   -DXRDP_CFG_PATH=\"${sysconfdir}/xrdp\" \
   -DXRDP_SBIN_PATH=\"${sbindir}\" \
   -DXRDP_SHARE_PATH=\"${datadir}/xrdp\" \
diff --git a/sesman/verify_user_pam.c b/sesman/verify_user_pam.c
index 15174c24..05e941bb 100644
--- a/sesman/verify_user_pam.c
+++ b/sesman/verify_user_pam.c
@@ -91,7 +91,8 @@ get_service_name(char *service_name)
 {
     service_name[0] = 0;
 
-    if (g_file_exist("/etc/pam.d/xrdp-sesman"))
+    if (g_file_exist("/etc/pam.d/xrdp-sesman") ||
+        g_file_exist(XRDP_SYSCONF_PATH "/pam.d/xrdp-sesman"))
     {
         g_strncpy(service_name, "xrdp-sesman", 255);
     }