diff --git a/config/win32-mingw-config.py b/config/win32-mingw-config.py
index f84bf45c585..62425c745cd 100644
--- a/config/win32-mingw-config.py
+++ b/config/win32-mingw-config.py
@@ -91,6 +91,9 @@ BF_SOLID = '#extern/solid'
 BF_SOLID_INC = '${BF_SOLID}'
 BF_SOLID_LIB = 'extern_solid'
 
+BF_WINTAB = LIBDIR + '/wintab'
+BF_WINTAB_INC = '${BF_WINTAB}/INCLUDE'
+
 WITH_BF_YAFRAY = 'true'
 
 #WITH_BF_NSPR = 'true'
diff --git a/config/win32-vc-config.py b/config/win32-vc-config.py
index eb0a2ca2939..5ce6745e85c 100644
--- a/config/win32-vc-config.py
+++ b/config/win32-vc-config.py
@@ -92,6 +92,9 @@ BF_SOLID = '#extern/solid'
 BF_SOLID_INC = '${BF_SOLID}'
 BF_SOLID_LIB = 'extern_solid'
 
+BF_WINTAB = LIBDIR + '/wintab'
+BF_WINTAB_INC = '${BF_WINTAB}/INCLUDE'
+
 WITH_BF_YAFRAY = 'true'
 
 #WITH_BF_NSPR = 'true'
diff --git a/intern/ghost/SConscript b/intern/ghost/SConscript
index f1393472a01..40968e816a9 100644
--- a/intern/ghost/SConscript
+++ b/intern/ghost/SConscript
@@ -28,5 +28,5 @@ else:
 
 incs = '. ../string ' + env['BF_OPENGL_INC']
 if window_system in ('win32-vc', 'win32-mingw', 'cygwin', 'linuxcross'):
-	incs = '#../lib/windows/wintab/INCLUDE ' + incs
+    incs = env['BF_WINTAB_INC'] + ' ' + incs
 env.BlenderLib ('bf_ghost', sources, Split(incs), defines=['_USE_MATH_DEFINES'], libtype=['core','player'], priority = [25,15] ) 
diff --git a/tools/btools.py b/tools/btools.py
index 9a454baad1b..ab74fdf4fe4 100755
--- a/tools/btools.py
+++ b/tools/btools.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ def validate_arguments(args, bc):
             'WITH_BF_ICONV', 'BF_ICONV', 'BF_ICONV_INC', 'BF_ICONV_LIB', 'BF_ICONV_LIBPATH',
             'WITH_BF_ODE', 'BF_ODE', 'BF_ODE_INC', 'BF_ODE_LIB',
             'WITH_BF_GAMEENGINE', 'WITH_BF_BULLET', 'BF_BULLET', 'BF_BULLET_INC', 'BF_BULLET_LIB',
-            'BF_SOLID', 'BF_SOLID_INC',
+            'BF_SOLID', 'BF_SOLID_INC', 'BF_WINTAB', 'BF_WINTAB_INC',
             'WITH_BF_YAFRAY',
             'BF_FREETYPE', 'BF_FREETYPE_INC', 'BF_FREETYPE_LIB', 'BF_FREETYPE_LIBPATH',
             'WITH_BF_QUICKTIME', 'BF_QUICKTIME', 'BF_QUICKTIME_INC', 'BF_QUICKTIME_LIB', 'BF_QUICKTIME_LIBPATH',
@@ -215,6 +215,8 @@ def read_opts(cfg, args):
         
         ('BF_SOLID', 'Solid base dir', '#/extern/solid'),
         ('BF_SOLID_INC', 'Solid include path', ''),
+        ('BF_WINTAB', 'WinTab base dir', ''),
+        ('BF_WINTAB_INC', 'WinTab include dir', ''),
 ##
 ##WITH_BF_NSPR = 'true'
 ##BF_NSPR = $(LCGDIR)/nspr