diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index 1ef5abcc..ae825ad6 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -6,10 +6,12 @@ version = "1.6.0"
 LazyArtifacts = "4af54fe1-eca0-43a8-85a7-787d91b784e3"
 Libdl = "8f399da3-3557-5675-b5ff-fb832c97cbdb"
 Pkg = "44cfe95a-1eb2-52ea-b672-e2afdf69b78f"
+RelocatableFolders = "05181044-ff0b-4ac5-8273-598c1e38db00"
 UUIDs = "cf7118a7-6976-5b1a-9a39-7adc72f591a4"
 
 [compat]
 julia = "1.6"
+RelocatableFolders = "0.1"
 
 [extras]
 Example = "7876af07-990d-54b4-ab0e-23690620f79a"
diff --git a/docs/Manifest.toml b/docs/Manifest.toml
index 9ed2e956..e6333e09 100644
--- a/docs/Manifest.toml
+++ b/docs/Manifest.toml
@@ -50,6 +50,10 @@ git-tree-sha1 = "8076680b162ada2a031f707ac7b4953e30667a37"
 uuid = "682c06a0-de6a-54ab-a142-c8b1cf79cde6"
 version = "0.21.2"
 
+[[LazyArtifacts]]
+deps = ["Artifacts", "Pkg"]
+uuid = "4af54fe1-eca0-43a8-85a7-787d91b784e3"
+
 [[LibCURL]]
 deps = ["LibCURL_jll", "MozillaCACerts_jll"]
 uuid = "b27032c2-a3e7-50c8-80cd-2d36dbcbfd21"
@@ -90,10 +94,10 @@ uuid = "14a3606d-f60d-562e-9121-12d972cd8159"
 uuid = "ca575930-c2e3-43a9-ace4-1e988b2c1908"
 
 [[PackageCompiler]]
-deps = ["Libdl", "Pkg", "UUIDs"]
+deps = ["LazyArtifacts", "Libdl", "Pkg", "RelocatableFolders", "UUIDs"]
 path = ".."
-uuid = "dffaa6cc-da53-48e5-b007-4292dfcc27f1"
-version = "1.5.0"
+uuid = "9b87118b-4619-50d2-8e1e-99f35a4d4d9d"
+version = "1.6.0"
 
 [[Parsers]]
 deps = ["Dates"]
@@ -117,9 +121,21 @@ uuid = "3fa0cd96-eef1-5676-8a61-b3b8758bbffb"
 deps = ["Serialization"]
 uuid = "9a3f8284-a2c9-5f02-9a11-845980a1fd5c"
 
+[[RelocatableFolders]]
+deps = ["SHA", "Scratch"]
+git-tree-sha1 = "9a4b7698b59b24003e8475df70c1b83b958b1f62"
+uuid = "05181044-ff0b-4ac5-8273-598c1e38db00"
+version = "0.1.1"
+
 [[SHA]]
 uuid = "ea8e919c-243c-51af-8825-aaa63cd721ce"
 
+[[Scratch]]
+deps = ["Dates"]
+git-tree-sha1 = "0b4b7f1393cff97c33891da2a0bf69c6ed241fda"
+uuid = "6c6a2e73-6563-6170-7368-637461726353"
+version = "1.1.0"
+
 [[Serialization]]
 uuid = "9e88b42a-f829-5b0c-bbe9-9e923198166b"
 
diff --git a/docs/Project.toml b/docs/Project.toml
index e8d80518..c66262af 100644
--- a/docs/Project.toml
+++ b/docs/Project.toml
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 [deps]
 Documenter = "e30172f5-a6a5-5a46-863b-614d45cd2de4"
-PackageCompiler = "dffaa6cc-da53-48e5-b007-4292dfcc27f1"
+PackageCompiler = "9b87118b-4619-50d2-8e1e-99f35a4d4d9d"
diff --git a/docs/src/apps.md b/docs/src/apps.md
index 39b0d86f..6e1f2713 100644
--- a/docs/src/apps.md
+++ b/docs/src/apps.md
@@ -70,8 +70,8 @@ relocatable way?"  The answer is to use the "artifact system" introduced in
 Julia 1.3, and described in the following [blog
 post](https://julialang.org/blog/2019/11/artifacts). The artifact system is a
 declarative way of downloading and using "external files" like binaries and
-libraries.  How this is used in practice is described later.
-
+libraries.  How this is used in practice is described later. Another useful
+tool is the Julia package [RelocatableFolders.jl](https://github.com/JuliaPackaging/RelocatableFolders.jl).
 
 ## Creating an app
 
diff --git a/src/PackageCompiler.jl b/src/PackageCompiler.jl
index 50aac29a..78109f65 100644
--- a/src/PackageCompiler.jl
+++ b/src/PackageCompiler.jl
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ using Libdl: Libdl
 using Pkg: Pkg
 using LazyArtifacts
 using UUIDs: UUID, uuid1
+using RelocatableFolders
 
 export create_sysimage, create_app, create_library, audit_app, restore_default_sysimage
 
@@ -13,6 +14,11 @@ include("juliaconfig.jl")
 const NATIVE_CPU_TARGET = "native"
 const TLS_SYNTAX = VERSION >= v"1.7.0-DEV.1205" ? `-DNEW_DEFINE_FAST_TLS_SYNTAX` : ``
 
+const DEFAULT_EMBEDDING_WRAPPER = @path joinpath(@__DIR__, "embedding_wrapper.c")
+const DEFAULT_JULIA_INIT = @path joinpath(@__DIR__, "julia_init.c")
+const DEFAULT_JULIA_INIT_HEADER = @path joinpath(@__DIR__, "julia_init.h")
+
+
 # See https://github.com/JuliaCI/julia-buildbot/blob/489ad6dee5f1e8f2ad341397dc15bb4fce436b26/master/inventory.py
 function default_app_cpu_target()
     if Sys.ARCH === :i686
@@ -819,7 +825,7 @@ function create_app(package_dir::String,
                     filter_stdlibs=false,
                     audit=true,
                     force=false,
-                    c_driver_program::String=joinpath(@__DIR__, "embedding_wrapper.c"),
+                    c_driver_program::String=String(DEFAULT_EMBEDDING_WRAPPER),
                     cpu_target::String=default_app_cpu_target(),
                     include_lazy_artifacts::Bool=true,
                     sysimage_build_args::Cmd=``,
@@ -940,7 +946,7 @@ function create_library(package_dir::String,
                         audit=true,
                         force=false,
                         header_files::Vector{String} = String[],
-                        julia_init_c_file::String=joinpath(@__DIR__, "julia_init.c"),
+                        julia_init_c_file::String=String(DEFAULT_JULIA_INIT),
                         version=nothing,
                         compat_level="major",
                         cpu_target::String=default_app_cpu_target(),
@@ -948,7 +954,7 @@ function create_library(package_dir::String,
                         sysimage_build_args::Cmd=``,
                         include_transitive_dependencies::Bool=true)
 
-    julia_init_h_file::String=joinpath(@__DIR__, "julia_init.h")
+    julia_init_h_file = String(DEFAULT_JULIA_INIT_HEADER)
 
     if !(julia_init_h_file in header_files)
         push!(header_files, julia_init_h_file)