diff --git a/cmake/define_definitions.cmake b/cmake/define_definitions.cmake
index 40b3bb904..d8c9dd529 100644
--- a/cmake/define_definitions.cmake
+++ b/cmake/define_definitions.cmake
@@ -28,10 +28,16 @@ if(${QET_COMMON_COLLECTION_PATH} STRGREATER "")
   message("QET_COMMON_COLLECTION_PATH " ${COMPIL_PREFIX}${QET_COMMON_COLLECTION_PATH})
   add_definitions(-DQET_COMMON_COLLECTION_PATH=${COMPIL_PREFIX}${QET_COMMON_COLLECTION_PATH})
 endif()
+if(${QET_COMMON_COLLECTION_PATH_RELATIVE_TO_BINARY_PATH})
+  add_definitions(-DQET_COMMON_COLLECTION_PATH_RELATIVE_TO_BINARY_PATH)
+endif()
 if(${QET_COMMON_TBT_PATH} STRGREATER "")
   message("QET_COMMON_TBT_PATH        " ${COMPIL_PREFIX}${QET_COMMON_TBT_PATH})
   add_definitions(-DQET_COMMON_TBT_PATH=${COMPIL_PREFIX}${QET_COMMON_TBT_PATH})
 endif()
+if(${QET_COMMON_TBT_PATH_RELATIVE_TO_BINARY_PATH})
+  add_definitions(-DQET_COMMON_TBT_PATH_RELATIVE_TO_BINARY_PATH)
+endif()
 if(${QET_LANG_PATH_RELATIVE_TO_BINARY_PATH})
   add_definitions(-DQET_LANG_PATH_RELATIVE_TO_BINARY_PATH)
 endif()
diff --git a/sources/qetapp.cpp b/sources/qetapp.cpp
index 286166da6..a6f5b4405 100644
--- a/sources/qetapp.cpp
+++ b/sources/qetapp.cpp
@@ -871,7 +871,11 @@ QString QETApp::commonTitleBlockTemplatesDir()
 	 */
 	return(QCoreApplication::applicationDirPath() + "/titleblocks/");
 #else
-	#ifndef QET_COMMON_COLLECTION_PATH_RELATIVE_TO_BINARY_PATH
+	/* QET_COMMON_COLLECTION_PATH_RELATIVE_TO_BINARY_PATH used to decide
+	 *  this path too, so it still does
+	 */
+	#if !defined(QET_COMMON_TBT_PATH_RELATIVE_TO_BINARY_PATH) \
+		&& !defined(QET_COMMON_COLLECTION_PATH_RELATIVE_TO_BINARY_PATH)
 		// the compile-time option represents a usual path
 		// (be it absolute or relative)
 		return(resolveConfiguredDataPath(QUOTE(QET_COMMON_TBT_PATH)));