diff --git a/bin/importPdoMetadata.php b/bin/importPdoMetadata.php
index d09dd708a9c166d98985ec1800ee66ba49afc5da..9d6e740d5e7acadf88e27ca12d5f80abdbab4183 100755
--- a/bin/importPdoMetadata.php
+++ b/bin/importPdoMetadata.php
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 $baseDir = dirname(dirname(__FILE__));
 
 require_once $baseDir . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'lib' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . '_autoload.php';
-require_once $baseDir . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'config' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'config.php';
+require_once SimpleSAML\Utils\Config::getConfigDir(). DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'config.php';
 
 # Iterate through configured metadata sources and ensure
 # that a PDO source exists.
diff --git a/bin/initMDSPdo.php b/bin/initMDSPdo.php
index 6e5159a63448a31f2aa143463d1b7d3a9de269f5..48375a0b601f5015ab3065c49eaeb62ad80dd1c8 100755
--- a/bin/initMDSPdo.php
+++ b/bin/initMDSPdo.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ $baseDir = dirname(dirname(__FILE__));
 
 // Add library autoloader and configuration
 require_once $baseDir . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'lib' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . '_autoload.php';
-require_once $baseDir . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'config' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'config.php';
+require_once SimpleSAML\Utils\Config::getConfigDir(). DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'config.php';
 
 echo "Initializing Metadata Database...". PHP_EOL;