diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8e4e485..112a27d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -29,3 +29,4 @@ cppcheck-1.44.tar.bz2
 /cppcheck-1.74.tar.bz2
 /cppcheck-1.75.tar.bz2
 /cppcheck-1.77.tar.bz2
+/cppcheck-1.78.tar.bz2
diff --git a/cppcheck-1.78-cfgdir.patch b/cppcheck-1.78-cfgdir.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f42f0bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cppcheck-1.78-cfgdir.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+diff -up cppcheck-1.78/CMakeLists.txt.orig cppcheck-1.78/CMakeLists.txt
+diff -up cppcheck-1.78/cmake/options.cmake.orig cppcheck-1.78/cmake/options.cmake
+--- cppcheck-1.78/cmake/options.cmake.orig	2017-04-01 11:05:13.000000000 +0200
++++ cppcheck-1.78/cmake/options.cmake	2017-04-09 14:13:30.130818011 +0200
+@@ -23,6 +23,11 @@ option(ANALYZE_DATAFLOW     "Clang dynam
+ option(WARNINGS_ARE_ERRORS  "Treat warnings as errors"                                      OFF)
+ option(WARNINGS_ANSI_ISO    "Issue all the mandatory diagnostics Listed in C standard"      ON)
+ 
++option(CFGDIR "Configuration file directory"                                      OFF)
++if(CFGDIR)
++    set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -DCFG=${CFGDIR}")
++endif(CFGDIR)
++
+ set(USE_MATCHCOMPILER "Auto" CACHE STRING "Usage of match compliler")
+ set_property(CACHE USE_MATCHCOMPILER PROPERTY STRINGS Auto Off On Verify) 
+ if (USE_MATCHCOMPILER STREQUAL "Auto")
diff --git a/cppcheck.spec b/cppcheck.spec
index 0f34949..1921942 100644
--- a/cppcheck.spec
+++ b/cppcheck.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name:		cppcheck
-Version:	1.77
-Release:	4%{?dist}
+Version:	1.78
+Release:	1%{?dist}
 Summary:	Tool for static C/C++ code analysis
 Group:		Development/Languages
 License:	GPLv3+
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ BuildRoot:	%(mktemp -ud %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-XXXXXX)
 Patch0:         cppcheck-1.77-tinyxml.patch
 # Fix location of translations
 Patch1:         cppcheck-1.77-translations.patch
+# Set location of config files
+Patch2:         cppcheck-1.78-cfgdir.patch
 
 BuildRequires:	pcre-devel
 BuildRequires:	tinyxml2-devel >= 2.1.0
@@ -41,6 +43,7 @@ This package contains the graphical user interface for cppcheck.
 %setup -q
 %patch0 -p1 -b .tinyxml
 %patch1 -p1 -b .translations
+%patch2 -p1 -b .cfgdir
 # Make sure bundled tinyxml is not used
 rm -r externals/tinyxml
 
@@ -55,7 +58,7 @@ xsltproc --nonet -o man/manual.html \
 mkdir objdir-%{_target_platform}
 cd objdir-%{_target_platform}
 # Upstream doesn't support shared libraries (unversioned solib)
-%cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DHAVE_RULES=1 -DBUILD_GUI=1 -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS:BOOL=OFF -DBUILD_TESTS=1
+%cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DHAVE_RULES=1 -DBUILD_GUI=1 -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS:BOOL=OFF -DBUILD_TESTS=1 -DCFGDIR=%{_datadir}/CppCheck
 # SMP make doesn't seem to work
 make cppcheck
 
@@ -91,6 +94,10 @@ rm -rf %{buildroot}
 
 
 %changelog
+* Sun Apr 09 2017 Susi Lehtola <jussilehtola@fedoraproject.org> - 1.78-1
+- Make cppcheck able to find its configs once again (bug 1427788).
+- Update to 1.78.
+
 * Mon Feb 27 2017 Mamoru TASAKA <mtasaka@fedoraproject.org> - 1.77-4
 - Remove Patch2: fixed in gcc side (gcc-7.0.1-10.fc26)
   (ref: bug 1423312)
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index fc75b3a..f8cf9e5 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (cppcheck-1.77.tar.bz2) = df8dddf7758c342d45b3393246e07eaa11a53dca19e8a0d09de04f12ea6232538941328d9ca9ac52eb425871fd1c49d55c77e6e38b40772b6f856fd1e9e99779
+SHA512 (cppcheck-1.78.tar.bz2) = 598556e9d657a3a77ff889cb6647291160017f7f9322326771416ff59d44126ce47c39767657b863cdb8a1b46d7c83bb337ec2fe0574500b37e99c33377b5dd8