diff -up alienarena-7.45/source/Makefile.current alienarena-7.45/source/Makefile
--- alienarena-7.45/source/Makefile.current	2010-08-02 13:49:09.000000000 -0400
+++ alienarena-7.45/source/Makefile	2010-08-02 13:52:49.636267949 -0400
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ BUILD?=ALL
 WITH_DATADIR?=no
 WITH_LIBDIR?=no
 
+WITH_CURRENTDIR?=yes
+
 # End of configurable options.
 
 VERSION=		1.40
@@ -68,6 +70,10 @@ LIBDIR?=$(PREFIX)/lib/alienarena
 BASE_CFLAGS+=-DLIBDIR='\"$(LIBDIR)\"'
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(strip $(WITH_CURRENTDIR)),yes)
+BASE_CFLAGS+=-DCURRENTDIR='\".\"'
+endif
+
 RELEASE_CFLAGS=$(BASE_CFLAGS)
 
 ifeq ($(strip $(OPTIMIZED_CFLAGS)),yes)
diff -up alienarena-7.45/source/qcommon/files.c.current alienarena-7.45/source/qcommon/files.c
--- alienarena-7.45/source/qcommon/files.c.current	2010-08-02 13:49:03.000000000 -0400
+++ alienarena-7.45/source/qcommon/files.c	2010-08-02 13:53:13.371270066 -0400
@@ -727,7 +727,9 @@ void FS_SetGamedir (char *dir)
 #ifdef LIBDIR
 		FS_AddGameDirectory (va("%s/%s", LIBDIR, dir) );
 #endif
+#ifdef CURRENTDIR
 		FS_AddGameDirectory (va("%s/%s", fs_basedir->string, dir) );
+#endif
 #ifdef __unix__
 		FS_AddHomeAsGameDirectory(dir);
 #endif