diff --git a/smtpd/smtpd.c b/smtpd/smtpd.c
index e049f07c..a1bd03a0 100644
--- a/smtpd/smtpd.c
+++ b/smtpd/smtpd.c
@@ -1157,6 +1157,7 @@ fork_proc_backend(const char *key, const char *conf, const char *procname)
 	char		path[PATH_MAX];
 	char		name[PATH_MAX];
 	char		*arg;
+	char		*proc_path;
 
 	if (strlcpy(name, conf, sizeof(name)) >= sizeof(name)) {
 		log_warnx("warn: %s-proc: conf too long", key);
@@ -1167,7 +1168,12 @@ fork_proc_backend(const char *key, const char *conf, const char *procname)
 	if (arg)
 		*arg++ = '\0';
 
-	if (snprintf(path, sizeof(path), PATH_LIBEXEC "/%s-%s", key, name) >=
+	proc_path = getenv("OPENSMTPD_PROC_PATH");
+	if (proc_path == NULL) {
+		proc_path = PATH_LIBEXEC;
+	}
+
+	if (snprintf(path, sizeof(path), "%s/%s-%s", proc_path, key, name) >=
 	    (ssize_t)sizeof(path)) {
 		log_warn("warn: %s-proc: exec path too long", key);
 		return (-1);
diff --git a/smtpd/table.c b/smtpd/table.c
index 9cfdfb99..24dfcca4 100644
--- a/smtpd/table.c
+++ b/smtpd/table.c
@@ -201,6 +201,7 @@ table_create(const char *backend, const char *name, const char *tag,
 	struct table_backend	*tb;
 	char			 buf[LINE_MAX];
 	char			 path[LINE_MAX];
+	const char		*proc_path;
 	size_t			 n;
 	struct stat		 sb;
 
@@ -215,11 +216,16 @@ table_create(const char *backend, const char *name, const char *tag,
 	if (name && table_find(name, NULL))
 		fatalx("table_create: table \"%s\" already defined", name);
 
+	proc_path = getenv("OPENSMTPD_PROC_PATH");
+	if (proc_path == NULL) {
+		proc_path = PATH_LIBEXEC;
+	}
+
 	if ((tb = table_backend_lookup(backend)) == NULL) {
-		if ((size_t)snprintf(path, sizeof(path), PATH_LIBEXEC"/table-%s",
-			backend) >= sizeof(path)) {
-			fatalx("table_create: path too long \""
-			    PATH_LIBEXEC"/table-%s\"", backend);
+		if ((size_t)snprintf(path, sizeof(path), "%s/table-%s",
+			proc_path, backend) >= sizeof(path)) {
+			fatalx("table_create: path too long \"%s/table-%s\"",
+				proc_path, backend);
 		}
 		if (stat(path, &sb) == 0) {
 			tb = table_backend_lookup("proc");