diff --git a/lib/vfs/mc-vfs/Makefile.am b/lib/vfs/mc-vfs/Makefile.am
index 1315a6644..f890b0de7 100644
--- a/lib/vfs/mc-vfs/Makefile.am
+++ b/lib/vfs/mc-vfs/Makefile.am
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 if ENABLE_VFS_SMB
-SAMBA_CFLAGS  = -DCONFIGDIR=\""@configdir@"\"
+SAMBA_CFLAGS  = -DCONFIGDIR=\""@smbconfigdir@"\"
 SAMBA_SUBDIRS = samba
 endif
 
diff --git a/lib/vfs/mc-vfs/samba/configure.ac b/lib/vfs/mc-vfs/samba/configure.ac
index b2d44b584..902f911ac 100644
--- a/lib/vfs/mc-vfs/samba/configure.ac
+++ b/lib/vfs/mc-vfs/samba/configure.ac
@@ -524,42 +524,23 @@ AC_ARG_WITH(ssl,
   AC_MSG_RESULT(no)
 )
 
-
-#################################################
+####################################################
+# get variables from parent process (main configure)
 # set configuration directory location
-configdir="\$(LIBDIR)"
-AC_ARG_WITH(smb-configdir,
-[  --with-smb-configdir=DIR    Where to put configuration files (\$libdir)],
-[ case "$withval" in
-  yes|no)
-  #
-  # Just in case anybody does it
-  #
-    AC_MSG_WARN([--with-smb-configdir called without argument - will use default])
-  ;;
-  * )
-    configdir="$withval"
-    ;;
-  esac]
-)
-
-
-#################################################
+if test -n "$SMBCONFIGDIR"; then
+    configdir="$SMBCONFIGDIR"
+else
+    configdir="\$(LIBDIR)"
+fi
 # set codepage directory location
-codepagedir="\$(LIBDIR)/codepages"
-AC_ARG_WITH(smb-codepagedir,
-[  --with-smb-codepagedir=DIR  Where to put codepage files (\$libdir/codepages)],
-[ case "$withval" in
-  yes|no)
-  #
-  # Just in case anybody does it
-  #
-    AC_MSG_WARN([--with-smb-codepagedir called without argument - will use default])
-  ;;
-  * )
-    codepagedir="$withval"
-    ;;
-  esac])
+if test -n "$SMBCODEPAGEDIR"; then
+    codepagedir="$SMBCODEPAGEDIR"
+elif test -n "$SMBCONFIGDIR"; then
+    codepagedir="$SMBCONFIGDIR/codepages"
+else
+    codepagedir="\$(LIBDIR)/codepages"
+fi
+####################################################
 
 AC_MSG_CHECKING([configure summary])
 AC_TRY_RUN([
diff --git a/m4.include/vfs/mc-vfs-samba.m4 b/m4.include/vfs/mc-vfs-samba.m4
index d69b11caa..ae3d6190b 100644
--- a/m4.include/vfs/mc-vfs-samba.m4
+++ b/m4.include/vfs/mc-vfs-samba.m4
@@ -20,7 +20,42 @@ AC_DEFUN([AC_MC_VFS_SMB],
 
     if test "$enable_vfs_smb" = "yes"; then
 	AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS([lib/vfs/mc-vfs/samba])
-    fi
 
-    AM_CONDITIONAL([ENABLE_VFS_SMB], [test "$enable_vfs" = "yes" -a x"$enable_vfs_smb" = x"yes"])
+	AM_CONDITIONAL([ENABLE_VFS_SMB], [test "1" = "1"])
+
+	# set configuration directory location
+	smbconfigdir="/etc"
+	AC_ARG_WITH(smb-configdir,
+		    [  --with-smb-configdir=DIR    Where to put configuration files],
+		    [ case "$withval" in
+			    yes|no)
+				# Just in case anybody does it
+				AC_MSG_WARN([--with-smb-configdir called without argument - will use default])
+				;;
+			    *)
+				smbconfigdir="$withval"
+				;;
+		    esac])
+
+	AC_SUBST(smbconfigdir)
+
+	# set codepage directory location
+	AC_ARG_WITH(smb-codepagedir,
+		    [  --with-smb-codepagedir=DIR  Where to put codepage files],
+		    [ case "$withval" in
+			yes|no)
+			    # Just in case anybody does it
+			    AC_MSG_WARN([--with-smb-codepagedir called without argument - will use default])
+			    ;;
+			*)
+			    smbcodepagedir="$withval"
+			    ;;
+		 esac])
+
+	# export variable for child process (configure of samba)
+	export SMBCONFIGDIR="$smbconfigdir"
+	export SMBCODEPAGEDIR="$smbcodepagedir"
+    else
+	AM_CONDITIONAL([ENABLE_VFS_SMB], [test "1" = "2"])
+    fi
 ])