diff -Naur cyrus-sasl-2.1.26-orig/m4/varexpand.m4 cyrus-sasl-2.1.26/m4/varexpand.m4
--- cyrus-sasl-2.1.26-orig/m4/varexpand.m4	1970-01-01 03:00:00.000000000 +0300
+++ cyrus-sasl-2.1.26/m4/varexpand.m4	2014-12-16 00:22:11.487600000 +0300
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+AC_DEFUN([FULL_EXPAND_VARIABLE], [
+  $1=$2
+  $1=`(
+       test "x$prefix" = xNONE && prefix="$ac_default_prefix"
+       test "x$exec_prefix" = xNONE && exec_prefix="${prefix}"
+       eval echo \""[$]$1"\"
+      )`
+])
diff -Naur cyrus-sasl-2.1.26-orig/configure.ac cyrus-sasl-2.1.26/configure.ac
--- cyrus-sasl-2.1.26-orig/configure.ac	2014-12-15 23:10:23.125400000 +0300
+++ cyrus-sasl-2.1.26/configure.ac	2014-12-16 00:23:05.167200000 +0300
@@ -1102,6 +1102,8 @@
   configdir=$withval,
   configdir='${plugindir}:${sysconfdir}/sasl2')
 AC_SUBST(configdir)
+FULL_EXPAND_VARIABLE(sasl_bindir, "$bindir")
+AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(BINDIR, "$sasl_bindir", [Runtime executables location])
 
 dnl look for rc4 libraries. we accept the CMU one or one from openSSL
 AC_ARG_WITH(rc4, [  --with-rc4              use internal rc4 routines [[yes]] ],
diff -Naur cyrus-sasl-2.1.26-orig/include/sasl.h cyrus-sasl-2.1.26/include/sasl.h
--- cyrus-sasl-2.1.26-orig/include/sasl.h	2014-12-15 23:10:22.454600000 +0300
+++ cyrus-sasl-2.1.26/include/sasl.h	2014-12-15 23:43:10.374600000 +0300
@@ -669,6 +669,8 @@
 #define SASL_PATH_TYPE_PLUGIN	0
 #define SASL_PATH_TYPE_CONFIG	1
 
+LIBSASL_API char * sasl_path_relocation(const char *from, const char *to);
+LIBSASL_API char * sasl_pathlist_relocation(const char *from_path, const char *to_path_list);
 /* a simpler way to set plugin path or configuration file path
  * without the need to set sasl_getpath_t callback.
  *
diff -Naur cyrus-sasl-2.1.26-orig/lib/common.c cyrus-sasl-2.1.26/lib/common.c
--- cyrus-sasl-2.1.26-orig/lib/common.c	2014-12-15 23:10:22.953800000 +0300
+++ cyrus-sasl-2.1.26/lib/common.c	2014-12-15 23:46:29.514400000 +0300
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@
 #include <saslutil.h>
 #include <saslplug.h>
 #include "saslint.h"
+#include "pathtools.h"
 
 #ifdef HAVE_UNISTD_H
 #include <unistd.h>
@@ -64,6 +64,45 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 #endif
 
+char *
+sasl_path_relocation(const char *from, const char *to)
+{
+#if defined(__MINGW32__)
+  char exe_path[PATH_MAX];
+  get_executable_path (NULL, &exe_path[0], sizeof(exe_path)/sizeof(exe_path[0]));
+  if (strrchr (exe_path, '/') != NULL)
+  {
+     strrchr (exe_path, '/')[1] = '\0';
+  }
+  char * rel_to_datadir = get_relative_path (from, to);
+  strcat (exe_path, rel_to_datadir);
+  simplify_path (&exe_path[0]);
+  return malloc_copy_string(exe_path);
+#else
+  return malloc_copy_string(to);
+#endif
+}
+
+char *
+sasl_pathlist_relocation(const char *from_path, const char *to_path_list)
+{
+#if defined(__MINGW32__)
+  static char stored_path[PATH_MAX];
+  static int stored = 0;
+  if (stored == 0)
+  {
+    char const * relocated = get_relocated_path_list(from_path, to_path_list);
+    strncpy (stored_path, relocated, PATH_MAX);
+    stored_path[PATH_MAX-1] = '\0';
+    free ((void *)relocated);
+    stored = 1;
+  }
+  return stored_path;
+#else
+  return (to_path_list);
+#endif
+}
+
 static const char *implementation_string = "Cyrus SASL";
 
 #define	VSTR0(maj, min, step)	#maj "." #min "." #step
@@ -1585,9 +1625,13 @@
 
 #if defined(WIN32)
         /* NB: On Windows platforms this value is always allocated */
+#  ifdef __MINGW32__
+        default_plugin_path = sasl_path_relocation(BINDIR, PLUGINDIR);
+#  else
         default_plugin_path = _sasl_get_default_win_path(context,
                                                          SASL_PLUGIN_PATH_ATTR,
                                                          PLUGINDIR);
+#  endif
 #else
         /* NB: On Unix platforms this value is never allocated */
         path = _sasl_get_default_unix_path(context,
@@ -1640,9 +1684,13 @@
 
 #if defined(WIN32)
         /* NB: On Windows platforms this value is always allocated */
+#  ifdef __MINGW32__
+        default_conf_path = sasl_pathlist_relocation(BINDIR, CONFIGDIR);
+#  else
         default_conf_path = _sasl_get_default_win_path(context,
                                                        SASL_CONF_PATH_ATTR,
                                                        CONFIGDIR);
+#  endif
 #else
         /* NB: On Unix platforms this value is never allocated */
         path = _sasl_get_default_unix_path(context,
diff -Naur cyrus-sasl-2.1.26-orig/lib/Makefile.am cyrus-sasl-2.1.26/lib/Makefile.am
--- cyrus-sasl-2.1.26-orig/lib/Makefile.am	2014-12-15 23:10:23.094200000 +0300
+++ cyrus-sasl-2.1.26/lib/Makefile.am	2014-12-15 23:24:10.600800000 +0300
@@ -62,8 +62,8 @@
 DLOPEN_C = dlopen.c
 endif
 
-common_headers = saslint.h
-common_sources = auxprop.c canonusr.c checkpw.c client.c common.c config.c external.c md5.c saslutil.c server.c seterror.c $(DLOPEN_C)
+common_headers = saslint.h pathtools.h
+common_sources = auxprop.c canonusr.c checkpw.c client.c common.c config.c external.c md5.c pathtools.c saslutil.c server.c seterror.c $(DLOPEN_C)
 
 LTLIBOBJS = @LTLIBOBJS@
 LIB_DOOR= @LIB_DOOR@
diff -Naur cyrus-sasl-2.1.26-orig/utils/pluginviewer.c cyrus-sasl-2.1.26/utils/pluginviewer.c
--- cyrus-sasl-2.1.26-orig/utils/pluginviewer.c	2014-12-15 23:10:22.407800000 +0300
+++ cyrus-sasl-2.1.26/utils/pluginviewer.c	2014-12-15 23:45:36.037600000 +0300
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@
     if (searchpath) {
         *path = searchpath;
     } else {
-        *path = PLUGINDIR;
+        *path = sasl_path_relocation(BINDIR, PLUGINDIR);
     }
 
     return SASL_OK;