diff --git a/khelpcenter/searchhandlers/CMakeLists.txt b/khelpcenter/searchhandlers/CMakeLists.txt
index eeb76104b..9c2f7b527 100644
--- a/khelpcenter/searchhandlers/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/khelpcenter/searchhandlers/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -10,17 +10,33 @@
 #################################################
 
 set( prefix ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX} )
+if( NOT DEFINED HTDIG_SEARCH_BINARY )
+  message( STATUS "Looking for htsearch" )
+  find_program( HTDIG_SEARCH_BINARY htsearch
+    HINTS
+      /srv/www/cgi-bin
+      /usr/lib/cgi-bin
+  )
+  if( HTDIG_SEARCH_BINARY )
+    message( STATUS "Looking for htsearch - ${HTDIG_SEARCH_BINARY}" )
+  else( HTDIG_SEARCH_BINARY )
+    tde_message_fatal( "htsearch not found!\n Please, install htdig or set HTDIG_SEARCH_BINARY." )
+  endif( HTDIG_SEARCH_BINARY )
+endif( NOT DEFINED HTDIG_SEARCH_BINARY )
+
 configure_file( khc_docbookdig.pl.in khc_docbookdig.pl @ONLY )
 configure_file( khc_htdig.pl.in khc_htdig.pl @ONLY )
+configure_file( khc_htsearch.pl.in khc_htsearch.pl @ONLY )
 
 install( FILES
     htdig.desktop man.desktop docbook.desktop
   DESTINATION ${DATA_INSTALL_DIR}/khelpcenter/searchhandlers )
 
 install( PROGRAMS
-    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/khc_htdig.pl khc_htsearch.pl
-    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/khc_docbookdig.pl khc_beagle_search.pl
-     khc_mansearch.pl  khc_beagle_index.pl
+    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/khc_htdig.pl
+    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/khc_htsearch.pl
+    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/khc_docbookdig.pl
+    khc_beagle_search.pl khc_mansearch.pl  khc_beagle_index.pl
   DESTINATION ${BIN_INSTALL_DIR} )
 
 install( FILES
diff --git a/khelpcenter/searchhandlers/khc_htsearch.pl b/khelpcenter/searchhandlers/khc_htsearch.pl.in
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
similarity index 97%
rename from khelpcenter/searchhandlers/khc_htsearch.pl
rename to khelpcenter/searchhandlers/khc_htsearch.pl.in
index 5dc3f5f71..28113bec2
--- a/khelpcenter/searchhandlers/khc_htsearch.pl
+++ b/khelpcenter/searchhandlers/khc_htsearch.pl.in
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ use Getopt::Long;
 use open IO => ':utf8';
 use open ':std';
 
-my $htsearchpath="/srv/www/cgi-bin/htsearch";
+my $htsearchpath="@HTDIG_SEARCH_BINARY@";
 my $config;
 my $format;
 my $method;