diff --git a/acinclude.m4 b/acinclude.m4
index 0e58731..5862b37 100644
--- a/acinclude.m4
+++ b/acinclude.m4
@@ -222,6 +222,31 @@ AC_DEFUN(AC_CURSES_ACS_ARRAY, [
 	fi
 ])
 
+dnl
+dnl Find out where is the mounted filesystem table
+dnl
+
+AC_DEFUN([AC_FIND_MFS], [
+	dnl Linux
+	AC_CHECK_FILE([/etc/mtab], [
+		mtab=/etc/mtab
+	],[
+		dnl Solaris
+		AC_CHECK_FILE([/etc/mnttab], [
+			mtab=/etc/mnttab
+		], [
+			dnl BSD
+			AC_CHECK_FILE([/etc/fstab], [
+				mtab=/etc/fstab
+			])
+		])
+	])
+	if test "$mtab"; then
+		AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(MTAB_FILE, ["$mtab"], [Where is your mounted filesystem table located?])
+	fi
+])
+
+
 dnl
 dnl Filesystem information detection
 dnl
diff --git a/clients/lcdproc/disk.c b/clients/lcdproc/disk.c
index b8ff96e..46109e6 100644
--- a/clients/lcdproc/disk.c
+++ b/clients/lcdproc/disk.c
@@ -51,10 +51,10 @@ get_fs (mounts fs[])
 	char line[256];
 	int x = 0, y;
 
-#ifdef SOLARIS
-	mtab_fd = fopen ("/etc/mnttab", "r");
+#ifdef MTAB_FILE
+	mtab_fd = fopen(MTAB_FILE, "r");
 #else
-	mtab_fd = fopen ("/etc/mtab", "r");
+#error "Can't find your mounted filesystem table file."
 #endif
 
 	// Get rid of old, unmounted filesystems...
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index ab5b3d2..f19f28e 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ AC_CHECK_FUNCS(select socket strdup strerror strtol uname cfmakeraw ioperm)
 
 dnl Check for various defines and features
 
+AC_FIND_MFS
 AC_GET_FS_INFO
 
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(stat-nfs,