--- civicrm.config.php
+++ civicrm.config.php
@@ -58,12 +58,34 @@
         // to the script that invokes it
         $moduleDir  = 'sites' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'all' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'modules';
         $contribDir = $moduleDir . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'contrib';
+        $profileDir = DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'profiles' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR;
         // check to see if this is under sites/all/modules/contrib or subdir civicrm-core
         if ( strpos( $currentDir, $contribDir ) !== false || strpos( $currentDir, 'civicrm-core' ) !== false) {
             $confdir = $currentDir . '..' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . '..' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . '..' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . '..';
+            
+             // drupal root is back one from the $confdir
+             define('DRUPAL_ROOT', $confdir . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . '..');
+             require_once DRUPAL_ROOT . '/includes/bootstrap.inc';
+        
         // check to see if this is under sites/all/modules
         } else if ( strpos( $currentDir, $moduleDir ) !== false ) {
             $confdir = $currentDir . '..' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . '..' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . '..';
+            
+            // drupal root is back one from the $confdir
+            define('DRUPAL_ROOT', $confdir . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . '..');
+            require_once DRUPAL_ROOT . '/includes/bootstrap.inc';
+            
+        // check to see if this is under profiles/[PROFILE]/modules    
+        } else if ( strpos( $currentDir, $profileDir ) !== false ) {
+            
+            // in the profile, we need to go back to the root and then forward
+            // this is a bit more complicated
+            $drupalbase = $currentDir . '..' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . '..' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . '..' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . '..'; 
+            define('DRUPAL_ROOT', $drupalbase);
+            require_once $drupalbase . '/includes/bootstrap.inc';
+
+            $confdir = $currentDir . '..' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . '..' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . '..' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . '..' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . conf_path(); 
+            
         } else if ( strpos( $currentDir, 'plugins' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'civicrm' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'civicrm' ) !== false ) {
              //if its wordpress
             $confdir = $currentDir . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . '..';