diff --git a/include/asterisk.h b/include/asterisk.h
index 1ed3d322d8719b76e18aea40e8ca5fd0bf47a5d7..9b18733b1d1595162fc0fd22fda205cf66fef48a 100644
--- a/include/asterisk.h
+++ b/include/asterisk.h
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 #include "asterisk/compat.h"
 
-#include <limits.h>
+#include "asterisk/paths.h"
 
 #define DEFAULT_LANGUAGE "en"
 
diff --git a/include/asterisk/paths.h b/include/asterisk/paths.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..65db7162ab8206497c6489829078880741710209
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/asterisk/paths.h
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+/*
+ * Asterisk -- A telephony toolkit for Linux.
+ *
+ * Paths to configurable Asterisk directories
+ * 
+ * Copyright (C) 1999-2006, Digium, Inc.
+ *
+ * Mark Spencer <markster@digium.com>
+ *
+ * This program is free software, distributed under the terms of
+ * the GNU General Public License
+ */
+
+/*! \file
+ * \brief Asterisk main include file. File version handling, generic pbx functions.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _ASTERISK_PATHS_H
+#define _ASTERISK_PATHS_H
+
+#include <limits.h>
+
+extern char ast_config_AST_CONFIG_DIR[PATH_MAX];
+extern char ast_config_AST_CONFIG_FILE[PATH_MAX];
+extern char ast_config_AST_MODULE_DIR[PATH_MAX];
+extern char ast_config_AST_SPOOL_DIR[PATH_MAX];
+extern char ast_config_AST_MONITOR_DIR[PATH_MAX];
+extern char ast_config_AST_VAR_DIR[PATH_MAX];
+extern char ast_config_AST_DATA_DIR[PATH_MAX];
+extern char ast_config_AST_LOG_DIR[PATH_MAX];
+extern char ast_config_AST_AGI_DIR[PATH_MAX];
+extern char ast_config_AST_DB[PATH_MAX];
+extern char ast_config_AST_KEY_DIR[PATH_MAX];
+extern char ast_config_AST_PID[PATH_MAX];
+extern char ast_config_AST_SOCKET[PATH_MAX];
+extern char ast_config_AST_RUN_DIR[PATH_MAX];
+extern char ast_config_AST_CTL_PERMISSIONS[PATH_MAX];
+extern char ast_config_AST_CTL_OWNER[PATH_MAX];
+extern char ast_config_AST_CTL_GROUP[PATH_MAX];
+extern char ast_config_AST_CTL[PATH_MAX];
+extern char ast_config_AST_SYSTEM_NAME[20];
+
+#endif /* _ASTERISK_PATHS_H */