diff --git a/src/Tools/freecad-thumbnailer b/src/Tools/freecad-thumbnailer.in
similarity index 94%
rename from src/Tools/freecad-thumbnailer
rename to src/Tools/freecad-thumbnailer.in
index 5c89ffe12d..641c9f97d4 100644
--- a/src/Tools/freecad-thumbnailer
+++ b/src/Tools/freecad-thumbnailer.in
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ import getopt
 opt, par = getopt.getopt(sys.argv[1:], "-s:")
 input_file = par[0]
 output_file = par[1]
+default_icon = "@CMAKE_INSTALL_DATAROOTDIR@/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/org.freecad.FreeCAD.png"
 
 try:
     # Read compressed file
@@ -54,7 +55,7 @@ try:
         image = zfile.read(image)
     else:
         # apps should have at least 48x48 icons
-        freecad = open("/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/org.freecad.FreeCAD.png", "rb")
+        freecad = open(default_icon, "rb")
         image = freecad.read()
 
     # Write icon to output_file
diff --git a/src/XDGData/CMakeLists.txt b/src/XDGData/CMakeLists.txt
index ec4609243a..837381554a 100644
--- a/src/XDGData/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/XDGData/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -30,7 +30,20 @@ install(
     DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_DATAROOTDIR}/mime/packages
 )
 
+configure_file(
+    FreeCAD.thumbnailer.in
+    ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/FreeCAD.thumbnailer
+)
 install(
-    FILES FreeCAD.thumbnailer
+    FILES ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/FreeCAD.thumbnailer
     DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_DATAROOTDIR}/thumbnailers
 )
+
+configure_file(
+    ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src/Tools/freecad-thumbnailer.in
+    ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/freecad-thumbnailer
+)
+install(
+    PROGRAMS ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/freecad-thumbnailer
+    TYPE BIN
+)
diff --git a/src/XDGData/FreeCAD.thumbnailer b/src/XDGData/FreeCAD.thumbnailer
deleted file mode 100644
index 005dd0ae28..0000000000
--- a/src/XDGData/FreeCAD.thumbnailer
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-[Thumbnailer Entry]
-TryExec=freecad-thumbnailer
-Exec=freecad-thumbnailer -s %s %i %o
-MimeType=application/x-extension-fcstd;
diff --git a/src/XDGData/FreeCAD.thumbnailer.in b/src/XDGData/FreeCAD.thumbnailer.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f334368d4a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/XDGData/FreeCAD.thumbnailer.in
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+[Thumbnailer Entry]
+TryExec=@CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR@/freecad-thumbnailer
+Exec=@CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR@/freecad-thumbnailer -s %s %i %o
+MimeType=application/x-extension-fcstd;