diff --git a/src/emu/emuopts.cpp b/src/emu/emuopts.cpp
index 834710c9eb0..6394ad8a7bc 100644
--- a/src/emu/emuopts.cpp
+++ b/src/emu/emuopts.cpp
@@ -42,16 +42,16 @@ const options_entry emu_options::s_option_entries[] =
 	{ nullptr,                                           nullptr,     core_options::option_type::HEADER,     "CORE SEARCH PATH OPTIONS" },
 	{ OPTION_PLUGINDATAPATH,                             ".",         core_options::option_type::PATH,       "path to base folder for plugin data (read/write)" },
 	{ OPTION_MEDIAPATH ";rp;biospath;bp",                "roms",      core_options::option_type::MULTIPATH,  "path to ROM sets and hard disk images" },
-	{ OPTION_HASHPATH ";hash_directory;hash",            "hash",      core_options::option_type::MULTIPATH,  "path to software definition files" },
-	{ OPTION_SAMPLEPATH ";sp",                           "samples",   core_options::option_type::MULTIPATH,  "path to audio sample sets" },
-	{ OPTION_ARTPATH,                                    "artwork",   core_options::option_type::MULTIPATH,  "path to artwork files" },
-	{ OPTION_CTRLRPATH,                                  "ctrlr",     core_options::option_type::MULTIPATH,  "path to controller definitions" },
-	{ OPTION_INIPATH,                                    ".;ini;ini/presets",     core_options::option_type::MULTIPATH,     "path to ini files" },
-	{ OPTION_FONTPATH,                                   ".",         core_options::option_type::MULTIPATH,  "path to font files" },
+	{ OPTION_HASHPATH ";hash_directory;hash",            "hash;@mamePath@/hash",      core_options::option_type::MULTIPATH,  "path to software definition files" },
+	{ OPTION_SAMPLEPATH ";sp",                           "samples;@mamePath@/samples",   core_options::option_type::MULTIPATH,  "path to audio sample sets" },
+	{ OPTION_ARTPATH,                                    "artwork;@mamePath@/artwork",   core_options::option_type::MULTIPATH,  "path to artwork files" },
+	{ OPTION_CTRLRPATH,                                  "ctrlr;@mamePath@/ctrlr",     core_options::option_type::MULTIPATH,  "path to controller definitions" },
+	{ OPTION_INIPATH,                                    ".;ini;ini/presets;@mamePath@/ini/presets",     core_options::option_type::MULTIPATH,     "path to ini files" },
+	{ OPTION_FONTPATH,                                   ".;@mamePath@",         core_options::option_type::MULTIPATH,  "path to font files" },
 	{ OPTION_CHEATPATH,                                  "cheat",     core_options::option_type::MULTIPATH,  "path to cheat files" },
 	{ OPTION_CROSSHAIRPATH,                              "crosshair", core_options::option_type::MULTIPATH,  "path to crosshair files" },
-	{ OPTION_PLUGINSPATH,                                "plugins",   core_options::option_type::MULTIPATH,  "path to plugin files" },
-	{ OPTION_LANGUAGEPATH,                               "language",  core_options::option_type::MULTIPATH,  "path to UI translation files" },
+	{ OPTION_PLUGINSPATH,                                "plugins;@mamePath@/plugins",   core_options::option_type::MULTIPATH,  "path to plugin files" },
+	{ OPTION_LANGUAGEPATH,                               "language;@mamePath@/language",  core_options::option_type::MULTIPATH,  "path to UI translation files" },
 	{ OPTION_SWPATH,                                     "software",  core_options::option_type::MULTIPATH,  "path to loose software" },
 
 	// output directory options
diff --git a/src/osd/modules/lib/osdobj_common.cpp b/src/osd/modules/lib/osdobj_common.cpp
index 82fabfdc0ba..eefdaba7fbe 100644
--- a/src/osd/modules/lib/osdobj_common.cpp
+++ b/src/osd/modules/lib/osdobj_common.cpp
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ const options_entry osd_options::s_option_entries[] =
 	{ OSDOPTION_NETWORK_PROVIDER,                OSDOPTVAL_AUTO,   core_options::option_type::STRING,    "Emulated networking provider: " },
 
 	{ nullptr,                                   nullptr,           core_options::option_type::HEADER,   "BGFX POST-PROCESSING OPTIONS" },
-	{ OSDOPTION_BGFX_PATH,                       "bgfx",            core_options::option_type::PATH,     "path to BGFX-related files" },
+	{ OSDOPTION_BGFX_PATH,                       "@mamePath@/bgfx",            core_options::option_type::PATH,     "path to BGFX-related files" },
 	{ OSDOPTION_BGFX_BACKEND,                    "auto",            core_options::option_type::STRING,   "BGFX backend to use (d3d9, d3d11, d3d12, metal, opengl, gles, vulkan)" },
 	{ OSDOPTION_BGFX_DEBUG,                      "0",               core_options::option_type::BOOLEAN,  "enable BGFX debugging statistics" },
 	{ OSDOPTION_BGFX_SCREEN_CHAINS,              "",                core_options::option_type::STRING,   "comma-delimited list of screen chain JSON names, colon-delimited per-window" },