diff --git a/src/tools/sdktool/CMakeLists.txt b/src/tools/sdktool/CMakeLists.txt
index cdd9d50f147..76040f4ba00 100644
--- a/src/tools/sdktool/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/tools/sdktool/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -40,9 +40,11 @@ endif()
 
 set(UtilsSourcesDir "../../libs/utils")
 
+file(RELATIVE_PATH DATA_PATH "/${IDE_LIBEXEC_PATH}" "/${IDE_DATA_PATH}")
+
 add_qtc_executable(sdktool
   ${DESTINATION}
-  DEFINES DATA_PATH=\"${IDE_DATA_PATH}\"
+  DEFINES DATA_PATH=\"${DATA_PATH}\"
   DEPENDS Qt5::Core
   INCLUDES
     "${UtilsSourcesDir}/../"
diff --git a/src/tools/sdktool/main.cpp b/src/tools/sdktool/main.cpp
index c1ecb287461..0a07b1157cf 100644
--- a/src/tools/sdktool/main.cpp
+++ b/src/tools/sdktool/main.cpp
@@ -79,6 +79,14 @@ void printHelp(const std::vector<std::unique_ptr<Operation>> &operations)
     std::cout << "    --help|-h                Print this help text" << std::endl;
     std::cout << "    --sdkpath=PATH|-s PATH   Set the path to the SDK files" << std::endl << std::endl;
 
+    std::cout << "Default sdkpath is \""
+              << qPrintable(QDir::cleanPath(
+                     Utils::FilePath::fromString(QCoreApplication::applicationDirPath())
+                         .pathAppended(DATA_PATH)
+                         .toUserOutput()))
+              << "\"" << std::endl
+              << std::endl;
+
     std::cout << "OPERATION:" << std::endl;
     std::cout << "    One of:" << std::endl;
     for (const std::unique_ptr<Operation> &o : operations)