diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 13048c9..7272462 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -48,7 +48,13 @@ OVERVIEW:
      supply to a minimum and also make reasonable guesses about default
      values.
 
-     Finally, copy the ezmlmwebrc file and the "lang" directory to one of
+     The directory containing ezmlm-web's language files should be something
+     like '/usr/local/share/ezmlm-web/lang':
+     		mkdir -p /usr/local/share/ezmlm-web
+		cp -r lang /usr/local/share/ezmlm-web
+     You can change this default location in the ezmlmwebrc file.
+
+     Finally, copy the ezmlmwebrc file to one of
      the following places:
 	- /etc/ezmlm
 	- the home directory of the user that runs ezmlm-web.cgi
diff --git a/ezmlmwebrc b/ezmlmwebrc
index 38f4d37..6213d99 100644
--- a/ezmlmwebrc
+++ b/ezmlmwebrc
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ $LIST_DIR = "$HOME_DIR/lists";
 # defaults to "$LIST_DIR/webusers"
 $WEBUSERS_FILE = "$LIST_DIR/webusers";
 
+# Where are the language files
+# usually something like /usr/local/share/ezmlm-web/lang
+$LANGUAGE_DIR = "/usr/local/share/ezmlm-web/lang";
+
 # Safe list deletion? 
 # 0 = move list to .list and the .qmails to deleted.qmail/. Recoverable :)
 # 1 = allow user to delete list completely. No backup, therefore no recovery.
@@ -75,5 +79,5 @@ $HTML_LANGUAGE = 'en';
 
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # include language-specific definitions
-require('./lang/' . $HTML_LANGUAGE . '.pm'); 
+require($LANGUAGE_DIR . '/' . $HTML_LANGUAGE . '.pm');