diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 82630eabf..698423dff 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -461,9 +461,9 @@ public:
 			return true;
 #ifdef Q_WS_X11
 		}
-                if(QFile::exists("/usr/share/GeoIP/GeoIP.dat") || QFile::exists("/usr/local/share/GeoIP/GeoIP.dat"))
+                if(QFile::exists("/usr/share/GeoIP/GeoIP.dat") || QFile::exists("/usr/local/share/GeoIP/GeoIP.dat") || QFile::exists("/var/lib/GeoIP/GeoIP.dat"))
 			return true;
-                printf("\nWarning: GeoIP database was not found at /usr/share/GeoIP/GeoIP.dat\nCountry resolution will be slow.");
+                printf("\nWarning: GeoIP database was not found at /usr/share/GeoIP/GeoIP.dat or /var/lib/GeoIP/GeoIP.dat\nCountry resolution will be slow.");
 		return false;
 #endif
 	}
diff --git a/qcm/geoip-database.qcm b/qcm/geoip-database.qcm
index 30c43e63c..f5fb0854d 100644
--- a/qcm/geoip-database.qcm
+++ b/qcm/geoip-database.qcm
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ public:
 			return true;
 #ifdef Q_WS_X11
 		}
-                if(QFile::exists("/usr/share/GeoIP/GeoIP.dat") || QFile::exists("/usr/local/share/GeoIP/GeoIP.dat"))
+                if(QFile::exists("/usr/share/GeoIP/GeoIP.dat") || QFile::exists("/usr/local/share/GeoIP/GeoIP.dat") || QFile::exists("/var/lib/GeoIP/GeoIP.dat"))
 			return true;
-                printf("\nWarning: GeoIP database was not found at /usr/share/GeoIP/GeoIP.dat\nCountry resolution will be slow.");
+                printf("\nWarning: GeoIP database was not found at /usr/share/GeoIP/GeoIP.dat or /var/lib/GeoIP/GeoIP.dat\nCountry resolution will be slow.");
 		return false;
 #endif
 	}
diff --git a/src/geoip.h b/src/geoip.h
index 4c2712d26..ccd6533da 100644
--- a/src/geoip.h
+++ b/src/geoip.h
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ protected:
 #else
     if(QFile::exists("/usr/local/share/GeoIP/GeoIP.dat"))
       return "/usr/local/share/GeoIP/";
+    if(QFile::exists("/var/lib/GeoIP/GeoIP.dat"))
+      return "/var/lib/GeoIP/";
     return "/usr/share/GeoIP/";
 #endif
   }