diff --git a/binr/radare2/radare2.c b/binr/radare2/radare2.c
index 8d9f8187db..df039614b8 100644
--- a/binr/radare2/radare2.c
+++ b/binr/radare2/radare2.c
@@ -1286,10 +1286,11 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp) {
 		}
 	}
 	{
-		const char *global_rc = R2_PREFIX"/share/radare2/radare2rc";
+		const char *global_rc = r_str_r2_prefix (R2_GLOBAL_RC);
 		if (r_file_exists (global_rc)) {
 			(void)r_core_run_script (&r, global_rc);
 		}
+		free (global_rc);
 	}
 	// only analyze if file contains entrypoint
 	{
diff --git a/libr/include/r_userconf.h.acr b/libr/include/r_userconf.h.acr
index 4c17c4da70..5c4e927951 100644
--- a/libr/include/r_userconf.h.acr
+++ b/libr/include/r_userconf.h.acr
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #define R2_PLUGINS "@PLUGINS@"
 #define R2_EXTRAS "@EXTRAS@"
 #define R2_BINDINGS "@BINDINGS@"
+#define R2_DATDIR_R2 "@DATADIR_R2@"
 #define R2_SDB "@SDB@"
 #define R2_ZIGNS "@ZIGNS@"
 #define R2_THEMES "@THEMES@"
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@
 #define R2_EXTRAS "lib/radare2-extras/" R2_VERSION
 #define R2_BINDINGS "lib/radare2-bindings/" R2_VERSION
 #endif
+#define R2_DATDIR_R2        R_JOIN_2_PATHS ("share", "radare2")
 #define R2_SDB              R_JOIN_3_PATHS ("share", "radare2", R2_VERSION)
 #define R2_ZIGNS            R_JOIN_4_PATHS ("share", "radare2", R2_VERSION, "zigns")
 #define R2_THEMES           R_JOIN_4_PATHS ("share", "radare2", R2_VERSION, "cons")
@@ -71,10 +73,11 @@
 #define R2_HOME_BINRC       R_JOIN_2_PATHS (R2_HOME_DATADIR, "rc.d")
 #define R2_HOME_BIN         R_JOIN_3_PATHS (R2_HOME_DATADIR, "prefix", "bin")
 
+#define R2_HOME_HISTORY     R_JOIN_2_PATHS (R2_HOME_CACHEDIR, "history")
+
 #define R2_HOME_RC          R_JOIN_2_PATHS (R2_HOME_CONFIGDIR, "radare2rc")
 #define R2_HOME_RC_DIR      R_JOIN_2_PATHS (R2_HOME_CONFIGDIR, "radare2rc.d")
-
-#define R2_HOME_HISTORY     R_JOIN_2_PATHS (R2_HOME_CACHEDIR, "history")
+#define R2_GLOBAL_RC        R_JOIN_2_PATHS (R2_DATDIR_R2, "radare2rc")
 
 #define HAVE_LIB_MAGIC @HAVE_LIB_MAGIC@
 #define USE_LIB_MAGIC @USE_LIB_MAGIC@
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 94ba8fc1c7..a6b6c6a4de 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -253,8 +253,10 @@ userconf.set('HAVE_OPENSSL', use_sys_openssl.to_int())
 userconf.set('HAVE_FORK', 1)
 userconf.set('WITH_GPL', 1)
 if host_machine.system() == 'windows'
+  userconf.set('DATADIR_R2', r2_datdir)
   userconf.set('HAVE_JEMALLOC', 0)
 else
+  userconf.set('DATADIR_R2', join_paths(get_option('datadir'), 'radare2'))
   userconf.set('HAVE_JEMALLOC', 1)
 endif
 if cc.has_header_symbol('sys/personality.h', 'ADDR_NO_RANDOMIZE')