diff --git a/include/exiv2/futils.hpp b/include/exiv2/futils.hpp
index 9ad7a83b..4d0ea6d5 100644
--- a/include/exiv2/futils.hpp
+++ b/include/exiv2/futils.hpp
@@ -175,6 +175,9 @@ namespace Exiv2
      */
     EXIV2API std::string strError();
 
+    //! @brief Return the path of the current process.
+    EXIV2API std::string getProcessPath();
+
     /*!
       @brief A container for URL components. It also provides the method to parse a
             URL to get the protocol, host, path, port, querystring, username, password.
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 879b194a..8ab35c53 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -217,7 +217,8 @@ set_target_properties( exiv2lib_int PROPERTIES
 
 target_compile_definitions(exiv2lib
     PUBLIC
-    EXV_LOCALEDIR="${CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LOCALEDIR}"
+    EXV_LOCALEDIR="../${CMAKE_INSTALL_LOCALEDIR}"
+    #EXV_LOCALEDIR="${CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LOCALEDIR}"
 )
 
 if ( UNIX AND CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "FreeBSD" )
diff --git a/src/futils.cpp b/src/futils.cpp
index 7b862d4f..4debd3a9 100644
--- a/src/futils.cpp
+++ b/src/futils.cpp
@@ -33,13 +33,20 @@
 // + standard includes
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
+
 #ifdef _MSC_VER
-# define S_ISREG(m)      (((m) & S_IFMT) == S_IFREG)
+    # define S_ISREG(m)      (((m) & S_IFMT) == S_IFREG)
+    #include <psapi.h>  // For access to GetModuleFileNameEx
+#elif defined(__APPLE__)
+    #include <libproc.h>
 #endif
+
 #ifdef EXV_HAVE_UNISTD_H
-# include <unistd.h>                     // for stat()
+  # include <unistd.h>                     // for stat()
 #endif
 
+
+
 #include <cerrno>
 #include <sstream>
 #include <cstring>
@@ -451,5 +458,43 @@ namespace Exiv2 {
             result.QueryString = std::string(queryStart, uri.end());
 
         return result;
-    }   // Uri::Parse
+    }
+
+    std::string getProcessPath()
+    {
+        std::string ret("unknown");
+    #if defined(WIN32)
+        HANDLE processHandle = NULL;
+        processHandle = OpenProcess(PROCESS_QUERY_INFORMATION | PROCESS_VM_READ, FALSE, GetCurrentProcessId());
+        if (processHandle != NULL) {
+            TCHAR filename[MAX_PATH];
+            if (GetModuleFileNameEx(processHandle, NULL, filename, MAX_PATH) != 0) {
+                ret = filename;
+            }
+            CloseHandle(processHandle);
+        }
+    #elif defined(__APPLE__)
+        const int pid = getpid();
+        char pathbuf[PROC_PIDPATHINFO_MAXSIZE];
+        if (proc_pidpath (pid, pathbuf, sizeof(pathbuf)) > 0) {
+            ret = pathbuf;
+        }
+    #elif defined(__linux__)
+        // http://stackoverflow.com/questions/606041/how-do-i-get-the-path-of-a-process-in-unix-linux
+        char proc[100];
+        char path[500];
+        sprintf(proc,"/proc/%d/exe", getpid());
+        ssize_t l = readlink (proc, path,sizeof(path)-1);
+        if (l>0) {
+            path[l]=0;
+            ret = path;
+        }
+    #endif
+    #if defined(WIN32)
+        const size_t idxLastSeparator = ret.find_last_of('\\');
+    #else
+        const size_t idxLastSeparator = ret.find_last_of('/');
+    #endif
+        return ret.substr(0, idxLastSeparator);
+    }
 }                                       // namespace Exiv2
diff --git a/unitTests/test_futils.cpp b/unitTests/test_futils.cpp
index 47e6c481..950b2d73 100644
--- a/unitTests/test_futils.cpp
+++ b/unitTests/test_futils.cpp
@@ -153,3 +153,17 @@ TEST(AUri, parsesAndDecoreUrl)
 
     Uri::Decode(uri);
 }
+
+TEST(getProcessPath, obtainPathOfUnitTestsExecutable)
+{
+#ifdef _WIN32
+    const std::string expectedName("bin");
+#else
+    const std::string expectedName("bin");
+#endif
+    const std::string path = getProcessPath();
+
+    ASSERT_FALSE(path.empty());
+    const size_t idxStart = path.size() - expectedName.size();
+    ASSERT_EQ(expectedName, path.substr(idxStart, expectedName.size()));
+}