diff --git a/include/ldap_defaults.h b/include/ldap_defaults.h
index 440417f7c4..414413c56a 100644
--- a/include/ldap_defaults.h
+++ b/include/ldap_defaults.h
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
  */
 	/* location of the default slapd config file */
 #define SLAPD_DEFAULT_CONFIGFILE	LDAP_SYSCONFDIR LDAP_DIRSEP "slapd.conf"
+#define SLAPD_DEFAULT_CONFIGDIR		LDAP_SYSCONFDIR LDAP_DIRSEP "slapd.d"
 #define SLAPD_DEFAULT_DB_DIR		LDAP_RUNDIR LDAP_DIRSEP "openldap-data"
 #define SLAPD_DEFAULT_DB_MODE		0600
 #define SLAPD_DEFAULT_UCDATA		LDAP_DATADIR LDAP_DIRSEP "ucdata"