diff --git a/examples/mini/Makefile b/examples/mini/Makefile
index 4c1f61bb..41f93e53 100644
--- a/examples/mini/Makefile
+++ b/examples/mini/Makefile
@@ -53,10 +53,10 @@ else
 #  default section
 #----------------------------------------------------------------
 
-ifneq ($(wildcard ethercat.conf),)
-include ethercat.conf
+ifneq ($(wildcard kernel.conf),)
+include kernel.conf
 else
-KERNELDIR = /usr/src/linux
+KERNELDIR := /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build
 endif
 
 modules:
diff --git a/examples/mini/ethercat.conf.tmpl b/examples/mini/kernel.conf.tmpl
similarity index 73%
rename from examples/mini/ethercat.conf.tmpl
rename to examples/mini/kernel.conf.tmpl
index a95d6ed5..597ab921 100644
--- a/examples/mini/ethercat.conf.tmpl
+++ b/examples/mini/kernel.conf.tmpl
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #
-#  EtherCAT Konfigurationsdatei Kernel 2.6
+#  Kernel configuration file for EtherCAT mini sample
 #
 #  $Id$
 #
-#  This file is a versioned template configuration. Copy it to "ethercat.conf"
+#  This file is a versioned template configuration. Copy it to "kernel.conf"
 #  (which is ignored by Subversion) and adjust it to your needs.
 #
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-KERNELDIR = /usr/src/linux
-
+KERNELDIR = /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build
diff --git a/examples/rtai/Makefile b/examples/rtai/Makefile
index 30d903c8..adb83ff7 100644
--- a/examples/rtai/Makefile
+++ b/examples/rtai/Makefile
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ else
 ifneq ($(wildcard kernel.conf),)
 include kernel.conf
 else
-KERNELDIR = /usr/src/linux
+KERNELDIR := /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build
 endif
 
 modules:
diff --git a/examples/rtai/kernel.conf.tmpl b/examples/rtai/kernel.conf.tmpl
index 88a5cb9e..c03240be 100644
--- a/examples/rtai/kernel.conf.tmpl
+++ b/examples/rtai/kernel.conf.tmpl
@@ -9,5 +9,4 @@
 #
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-KERNELDIR = /usr/src/linux
-
+KERNELDIR = /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build