diff --git a/src/messages/initialize.cc b/src/messages/initialize.cc
index 74db461f..016ad68c 100644
--- a/src/messages/initialize.cc
+++ b/src/messages/initialize.cc
@@ -86,12 +86,15 @@ struct InitializeHandler : BaseMessageHandler<Ipc_InitializeRequest> {
 
       // Ensure there is a resource directory.
       if (config->resourceDirectory.empty()) {
-        config->resourceDirectory = GetWorkingDirectory();
-#if defined(_WIN32)
-        config->resourceDirectory += std::string("../../clang_resource_dir/");
-#else
-        config->resourceDirectory += std::string("../clang_resource_dir/");
-#endif
+        std::string defaultResourceDirectory = std::string(DEFAULT_RESOURCE_DIRECTORY);
+        if (defaultResourceDirectory.find("..") != std::string::npos) {
+          std::string executablePath = GetExecutablePath();
+          size_t pos = executablePath.find_last_of('/');
+          config->resourceDirectory = executablePath.substr(0, pos+1);
+          config->resourceDirectory += defaultResourceDirectory;
+        } else {
+          config->resourceDirectory = defaultResourceDirectory;
+        }
       }
       config->resourceDirectory = NormalizePath(config->resourceDirectory);
       LOG_S(INFO) << "Using -resource-dir=" << config->resourceDirectory;
diff --git a/src/platform.h b/src/platform.h
index 0df07d25..8525e1d4 100644
--- a/src/platform.h
+++ b/src/platform.h
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ std::unique_ptr<PlatformSharedMemory> CreatePlatformSharedMemory(
 
 void PlatformInit();
 
+std::string GetExecutablePath();
 std::string GetWorkingDirectory();
 std::string NormalizePath(const std::string& path);
 // Creates a directory at |path|. Creates directories recursively if needed.
diff --git a/src/platform_linux.cc b/src/platform_linux.cc
index c84ff1eb..1e7b37bc 100644
--- a/src/platform_linux.cc
+++ b/src/platform_linux.cc
@@ -210,6 +210,27 @@ std::unique_ptr<PlatformSharedMemory> CreatePlatformSharedMemory(
 
 void PlatformInit() {}
 
+#ifdef __APPLE__
+extern "C" int _NSGetExecutablePath(char* buf,uint32_t* bufsize);
+#endif
+
+// See https://stackoverflow.com/questions/143174/how-do-i-get-the-directory-that-a-program-is-running-from
+std::string GetExecutablePath() {
+#ifndef __APPLE__
+  char buffer[PATH_MAX+1] = {0};
+  readlink("/proc/self/exe", buffer, PATH_MAX);
+  return std::string(buffer);
+#else
+  uint32_t size = 0;
+  _NSGetExecutablePath(nullptr, &size);
+  char *buffer = new char[size];
+  _NSGetExecutablePath(buffer, &size);
+  std::string result(buffer);
+  delete[] buffer;
+  return result;
+#endif
+}
+
 std::string GetWorkingDirectory() {
   char result[FILENAME_MAX];
   if (!getcwd(result, sizeof(result)))
diff --git a/src/platform_win.cc b/src/platform_win.cc
index f62c1032..5c4cab3b 100644
--- a/src/platform_win.cc
+++ b/src/platform_win.cc
@@ -127,6 +127,13 @@ void PlatformInit() {
   _setmode(_fileno(stdin), O_BINARY);
 }
 
+// See https://stackoverflow.com/questions/143174/how-do-i-get-the-directory-that-a-program-is-running-from
+std::string GetExecutablePath() {
+  char result[MAX_PATH] = {0};
+  GetModuleFileName(NULL, result, MAX_PATH);
+  return std::string(result);
+}
+
 // See http://stackoverflow.com/a/19535628
 std::string GetWorkingDirectory() {
   char result[MAX_PATH];
diff --git a/wscript b/wscript
index f7b283cb..d06c2425 100644
--- a/wscript
+++ b/wscript
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import os.path
 import string
 import subprocess
 import sys
+import re
 
 VERSION = '0.0.1'
 APPNAME = 'cquery'
@@ -198,11 +199,25 @@ def build(bld):
     lib.append('pthread')
 
   clang_tarball_name = None
+  # Fallback for windows
+  default_resource_directory = os.path.join(os.getcwd(), 'resource_dir')
   if bld.env['use_system_clang']:
     rpath = []
+
+    output = subprocess.check_output(['clang', '-###', '-xc', '/dev/null'], stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
+    match = re.search(r'"-resource-dir" "([^"]*)"', output, re.M | re.I)
+    if match:
+        default_resource_directory = match.group(1)
+    else:
+        print("Failed to found system clang resource directory. Falling back.")
   elif sys.platform.startswith('freebsd') or sys.platform.startswith('linux'):
     clang_tarball_name = os.path.basename(os.path.dirname(bld.env['LIBPATH_clang'][0]))
     rpath = '$ORIGIN/../lib/' + clang_tarball_name + '/lib'
+    default_resource_directory = '../lib/' + clang_tarball_name + '/resource-dir'
+  elif sys.platform == 'darwin':
+    clang_tarball_name = os.path.basename(os.path.dirname(bld.env['LIBPATH_clang'][0]))
+    rpath = '@loader_path/../lib/' + clang_tarball_name + '/lib'
+    default_resource_directory = '../lib/' + clang_tarball_name + '/resource-dir'
   else:
     rpath = bld.env['LIBPATH_clang']
   bld.program(
@@ -216,15 +231,15 @@ def build(bld):
         'third_party/rapidjson/include/',
         'third_party/sparsehash/src/',
         'third_party/sparsepp/'],
-      defines=['LOGURU_WITH_STREAMS=1'],
+      defines=['LOGURU_WITH_STREAMS=1',
+               'DEFAULT_RESOURCE_DIRECTORY="' + default_resource_directory + '"'],
       lib=lib,
       rpath=rpath,
       target='bin/cquery')
 
-  if bld.cmd == 'install':
-    if clang_tarball_name is not None:
-      bld.install_files('${PREFIX}/lib/' + clang_tarball_name + '/lib', bld.path.get_bld().ant_glob('lib/clang+llvm*/lib/libclang.so.[4-9]'))
-      bld.install_files('${PREFIX}/lib/' + clang_tarball_name + '/resource-dir/include', bld.path.get_bld().ant_glob('lib/clang+llvm*/lib/clang/[4-9]*/include/*'))
+  if clang_tarball_name is not None:
+    bld.install_files('${PREFIX}/lib/' + clang_tarball_name + '/lib', bld.path.get_bld().ant_glob('lib/' + clang_tarball_name + '/lib/libclang.(dylib|so.[4-9])', quiet=True))
+    bld.install_files('${PREFIX}/lib/' + clang_tarball_name + '/resource-dir/include', bld.path.get_bld().ant_glob('lib/' + clang_tarball_name + '/lib/clang/[4-9]*/include/*', quiet=True))
 
   #bld.shlib(source='a.cpp', target='mylib', vnum='9.8.7')
   #bld.shlib(source='a.cpp', target='mylib2', vnum='9.8.7', cnum='9.8')