diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 19b52d36..29ca2b67 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -6,10 +6,14 @@ BIN = noice
 
 all: $(BIN)
 
-$(BIN): $(OBJ)
+$(BIN): config.h $(OBJ)
 	$(CC) -o $@ $(OBJ) $(LDLIBS)
 
-noice.o: noice.c queue.h util.h
+config.h:
+	@echo copying config.def.h to $@
+	@cp config.def.h $@
+
+noice.o: noice.c util.h
 	$(CC) -c noice.c
 
 strlcpy.o: strlcpy.c util.h
diff --git a/config.def.h b/config.def.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cebb942f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config.def.h
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+/* Configuration */
+struct assoc assocs[] = {
+	{ "\\.(avi|mp4|mkv|mp3|ogg)$", "mplayer" },
+	{ "\\.(png|jpg|gif)$", "feh" },
+	{ "\\.(html|svg)$", "firefox" },
+	{ "\\.pdf$", "mupdf" },
+	{ "\\.sh$", "sh" },
+	{ ".*", "less" },
+};
diff --git a/noice.c b/noice.c
index 0420cc39..d78cf5e9 100644
--- a/noice.c
+++ b/noice.c
@@ -43,15 +43,7 @@ struct assoc {
 	char *bin;   /* Program */
 };
 
-/* Configuration */
-struct assoc assocs[] = {
-	{ "\\.(avi|mp4|mkv|mp3|ogg)$", "mplayer" },
-	{ "\\.(png|jpg|gif)$", "feh" },
-	{ "\\.(html|svg)$", "firefox" },
-	{ "\\.pdf$", "mupdf" },
-	{ "\\.sh$", "sh" },
-	{ ".*", "less" },
-};
+#include "config.h"
 
 struct entry {
 	char *name;