diff --git a/data/address_parser/.gitignore b/data/address_parser/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5e7d2734
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/address_parser/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# Ignore everything in this directory
+*
+# Except this file
+!.gitignore
diff --git a/src/libpostal_config.h b/src/libpostal_config.h
index 25acbec4..8ae25ef3 100644
--- a/src/libpostal_config.h
+++ b/src/libpostal_config.h
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #error LIBPOSTAL_DATA_DIR not defined!
 #endif
 
+#define LIBPOSTAL_ADDRESS_PARSER_DIR LIBPOSTAL_DATA_DIR PATH_SEPARATOR "address_parser"
 #define LIBPOSTAL_DICTIONARIES_DIR LIBPOSTAL_DATA_DIR PATH_SEPARATOR "dictionaries"
 #define LIBPOSTAL_GEONAMES_DIR LIBPOSTAL_DATA_DIR PATH_SEPARATOR "geonames"
 #define LIBPOSTAL_GEODB_DIR LIBPOSTAL_DATA_DIR PATH_SEPARATOR "geodb"