diff --git a/mo/util.py b/mo/util.py
index a3c39ffadcdacb3c4dc9aa23b4eba9edd94b0331..bd9743e17572294ce0701fd450a3857b0e1df930 100644
--- a/mo/util.py
+++ b/mo/util.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import email.message
 import email.headerregistry
 import locale
 import logging
+import os
 import re
 import subprocess
 import sys
@@ -153,3 +154,7 @@ class RoundCode:
 
 def get_round_by_code(code: RoundCode) -> Optional[db.Round]:
     return db.get_session().query(db.Round).filter_by(year=code.year, category=code.cat, seq=code.seq).one_or_none()
+
+
+def data_dir(name: str) -> str:
+    return os.path.join(config.DATA_DIR, name)