diff --git a/miniupnpd/Changelog.txt b/miniupnpd/Changelog.txt
index 1584b69..9de5ec5 100644
--- a/miniupnpd/Changelog.txt
+++ b/miniupnpd/Changelog.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
-$Id: Changelog.txt,v 1.509 2024/01/15 00:20:19 nanard Exp $
+$Id: Changelog.txt,v 1.510 2024/01/17 00:05:12 nanard Exp $
+
+2024/01/17:
+  default path for miniupnpd.conf is /etc/miniupnpd/miniupnpd.conf
+  under linux
 
 2024/01/15:
   fix SUBSCRIBE timeout compliance (should be >= 1800 seconds)
diff --git a/miniupnpd/INSTALL b/miniupnpd/INSTALL
index 1106509..e6a2768 100644
--- a/miniupnpd/INSTALL
+++ b/miniupnpd/INSTALL
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 MiniUPnP project.
-(c) 2006-2022 Thomas Bernard
+(c) 2006-2024 Thomas Bernard
 Homepage : http://miniupnp.free.fr/
 Mirror: https://miniupnp.tuxfamily.org/
 github: https://github.com/miniupnp/miniupnp
@@ -126,8 +126,9 @@ https://miniupnp.tuxfamily.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=4370
 https://github.com/miniupnp/miniupnp/pull/114
 
 =========================== Configuration =============================
-Edit the /etc/miniupnpd.conf file to set options. Almost all options are
-also available through command line switches.
+The configuration file is either installed to /etc/miniupnpd.conf (BSD)
+or /etc/miniupnpd/miniupnpd.conf (Linux)
+Almost all options are also available through command line switches.
 
 A basic configuration would set :
 ext_ifname :   WAN network interface (interface connected to the internet)
diff --git a/miniupnpd/configure b/miniupnpd/configure
index 8714ab2..f3a9dcc 100755
--- a/miniupnpd/configure
+++ b/miniupnpd/configure
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #! /bin/sh
-# $Id: configure,v 1.124 2024/01/04 01:12:04 nanard Exp $
+# $Id: configure,v 1.125 2024/01/17 00:05:14 nanard Exp $
 # vim: tabstop=4 shiftwidth=4 noexpandtab
 #
 # miniupnp daemon
@@ -623,6 +623,12 @@ if [ "$FW" = "iptables" ] || [ "$FW" = "nftables" ] ; then
 	fi
 fi
 
+if [ "$MAKEFILE" = "Makefile.linux" ] || [ "$MAKEFILE" = "Makefile.linux_nft" ] || [ "$MAKEFILE" = "Makefile.macosx" ] ; then
+	DEFAULT_CONFIG=/etc/miniupnpd/miniupnpd.conf
+else
+	DEFAULT_CONFIG=/etc/miniupnpd.conf
+fi
+
 if [ "$MAKEFILE" = "Makefile.bsd" ] || [ "$OS_NAME" = "Darwin" ] || [ "$OS_NAME" = "SunOS" ] ; then
 	echo "FWNAME = $FW" > bsdmake.inc
 	echo "SRCDIR = ${BASEDIR}" >> bsdmake.inc
@@ -874,6 +880,9 @@ echo "/* disable reading and parsing of config file (miniupnpd.conf) */" >> ${CO
 echo "/*#define DISABLE_CONFIG_FILE*/" >> ${CONFIGFILE}
 echo "" >> ${CONFIGFILE}
 
+echo "#define DEFAULT_CONFIG \"${DEFAULT_CONFIG}\"" >> ${CONFIGFILE}
+echo "" >> ${CONFIGFILE}
+
 echo "/* Uncomment the following line to configure all manufacturer infos through miniupnpd.conf */" >> ${CONFIGFILE}
 if [ -n "$VENDORCFG" ] ; then
 	echo "#define ENABLE_MANUFACTURER_INFO_CONFIGURATION" >> ${CONFIGFILE}
diff --git a/miniupnpd/miniupnpd.8 b/miniupnpd/miniupnpd.8
index 093e38c..6aeb4aa 100644
--- a/miniupnpd/miniupnpd.8
+++ b/miniupnpd/miniupnpd.8
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ clients on the LAN to ask for port redirections.
 .SH OPTIONS
 .TP
 .BI \-f " config_file"
-load the config from file. default is /etc/miniupnpd.conf.
+load the config from file.
 .TP
 .BI \-i " ext_ifname"
 interface used to connect to the internet.
diff --git a/miniupnpd/miniupnpd.c b/miniupnpd/miniupnpd.c
index b9c838f..77203d0 100644
--- a/miniupnpd/miniupnpd.c
+++ b/miniupnpd/miniupnpd.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $Id: miniupnpd.c,v 1.258 2024/01/15 00:17:41 nanard Exp $ */
+/* $Id: miniupnpd.c,v 1.259 2024/01/17 00:05:14 nanard Exp $ */
 /* vim: tabstop=4 shiftwidth=4 noexpandtab
  * MiniUPnP project
  * http://miniupnp.free.fr/ or https://miniupnp.tuxfamily.org/
@@ -101,10 +101,6 @@ void init_iptpinhole(void);
 #endif
 #endif
 
-#ifndef DEFAULT_CONFIG
-#define DEFAULT_CONFIG "/etc/miniupnpd.conf"
-#endif
-
 #ifdef USE_MINIUPNPDCTL
 struct ctlelem {
 	int socket;