diff --git a/include/linkahead/constants.h.in b/include/linkahead/constants.h.in
index e57c96d0312cecc92e4669c2ddc771a0410d8bc3..984aba4a751706f5cc493d926d8f27274f130e65 100644
--- a/include/linkahead/constants.h.in
+++ b/include/linkahead/constants.h.in
@@ -42,6 +42,14 @@ __attribute__((unused)) static const char* COMPATIBLE_SERVER_VERSION_PRE_RELEASE
  */
 __attribute__((unused)) static const char* LIBLINKAHEAD_CONFIGURATION_FILES_PRECEDENCE[] = {
   "$LINKAHEAD_CLIENT_CONFIGURATION",
+  "linkahead_client.json",
+  "linkahead-client.json",
+  ".linkahead_client.json",
+  ".linkahead-client.json",
+  "$HOME/linkahead_client.json",
+  "$HOME/linkahead-client.json",
+  "$HOME/.linkahead_client.json",
+  "$HOME/.linkahead-client.json"
   "caosdb_client.json",
   "caosdb-client.json",
   ".caosdb_client.json",