--- a/src/libespeak-ng/mbrowrap.c
+++ b/src/libespeak-ng/mbrowrap.c
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@
 		signal(SIGTERM, SIG_IGN);
 
 		snprintf(charbuf, sizeof(charbuf), "%g", mbr_volume);
-		execlp("mbrola", "mbrola", "-e", "-v", charbuf,
+		execlp("@mbrola@/bin/mbrola", "mbrola", "-e", "-v", charbuf,
 		       voice_path, "-", "-.wav", (char *)NULL);
 		/* if execution reaches this point then the exec() failed */
 		snprintf(mbr_errorbuf, sizeof(mbr_errorbuf),
--- a/src/libespeak-ng/synth_mbrola.c
+++ b/src/libespeak-ng/synth_mbrola.c
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
 	if (!load_MBR())
 		return ENS_MBROLA_NOT_FOUND;
 
-	sprintf(path, "%s/mbrola/%s", path_home, mbrola_voice);
+	sprintf(path, "@mbrola@/share/mbrola/voices/%s/%s", mbrola_voice, mbrola_voice);
 #ifdef PLATFORM_POSIX
 	// if not found, then also look in
 	//   usr/share/mbrola/xx, /usr/share/mbrola/xx/xx, /usr/share/mbrola/voices/xx