diff --git a/cmake/modules/RootConfiguration.cmake b/cmake/modules/RootConfiguration.cmake
index a6c74fd3824fae754633216380c9bc1e9d9e07aa..8524a5fd91e058d9250a88b8e08757e4468ce77f 100644
--- a/cmake/modules/RootConfiguration.cmake
+++ b/cmake/modules/RootConfiguration.cmake
@@ -670,7 +670,7 @@ install(EXPORT ${CMAKE_PROJECT_NAME}Exports NAMESPACE ROOT:: FILE ROOTConfig-tar
 
 #---Especial definitions for root-config et al.--------------------------------------------------------------
 if(prefix STREQUAL "$(ROOTSYS)")
-  foreach(d prefix bindir libdir incdir etcdir mandir)
+  foreach(d prefix bindir libdir incdir etcdir tutdir mandir)
     string(REPLACE "$(ROOTSYS)" "$ROOTSYS"  ${d} ${${d}})
   endforeach()
 endif()
@@ -716,6 +716,7 @@ set(bindir $ROOTSYS/bin)
 set(libdir $ROOTSYS/lib)
 set(incdir $ROOTSYS/include)
 set(etcdir $ROOTSYS/etc)
+set(tutdir $ROOTSYS/tutorials)
 set(mandir $ROOTSYS/man)
 configure_file(${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/config/root-config.in ${CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}/root-config @ONLY NEWLINE_STYLE UNIX)
 
diff --git a/config/root-config.in b/config/root-config.in
index de4fa1bda8f33595543b58e14f803ad6bc2ab949..ca300474b3113666e873103b6ef51cd02081593a 100755
--- a/config/root-config.in
+++ b/config/root-config.in
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ bindir=@bindir@
 libdir=@libdir@
 incdir=@incdir@
 etcdir=@etcdir@
+tutdir=@tutdir@
 features="@features@"
 configargs="@configargs@"
 altcc="@altcc@"
@@ -441,7 +442,7 @@ noldflags=no
 usage="\
 Usage: root-config [--prefix[=DIR]] [--exec-prefix[=DIR]] [--version]\
  [--cflags] [--auxcflags] [--ldflags] [--new] [--nonew] [--libs] [--glibs]\
- [--evelibs] [--bindir] [--libdir] [--incdir] [--etcdir] [--srcdir]\
+ [--evelibs] [--bindir] [--libdir] [--incdir] [--etcdir] [--tutdir] [--srcdir]\
  [--noauxcflags] [--noauxlibs] [--noldflags] [--has-<feature>] [--arch]\
  [--platform] [--config] [--features] [--ncpu] [--git-revision]\
  [--python-version] [--cc] [--cxx] [--f77] [--ld ] [--help]"
@@ -738,6 +739,10 @@ while test $# -gt 0; do
       ### output the etc directory
       out="$out $etcdir"
       ;;
+    --tutdir)
+      ### output the tutorials directory
+      out="$out $tutdir"
+      ;;
     --srcdir)
       ### output the src directory
       out="$out $srcdir"
@@ -806,6 +811,7 @@ while test $# -gt 0; do
       echo "  --libdir              Print the library directory"
       echo "  --incdir              Print the header directory"
       echo "  --etcdir              Print the configuration directory"
+      echo "  --tutdir              Print the tutorials directory"
       echo "  --srcdir              Print the top of the original source directory"
       echo "  --auxlibs             Print auxiliary libraries"
       echo "  --auxcflags           Print auxiliary compiler flags"