diff --git a/media/libeffects/config/include/media/EffectsConfig.h b/media/libeffects/config/include/media/EffectsConfig.h
index 811730c..55b946f 100644
--- a/media/libeffects/config/include/media/EffectsConfig.h
+++ b/media/libeffects/config/include/media/EffectsConfig.h
@@ -32,8 +32,13 @@
 namespace android {
 namespace effectsConfig {
 
-/** Default path of effect configuration file. */
-constexpr char DEFAULT_PATH[] = "/vendor/etc/audio_effects.xml";
+/** Default path of effect configuration file. Relative to DEFAULT_LOCATIONS. */
+constexpr const char* DEFAULT_NAME = "audio_effects.xml";
+
+/** Default path of effect configuration file.
+ * The /vendor partition is the recommended one, the others are deprecated.
+ */
+constexpr const char* DEFAULT_LOCATIONS[] = {"/odm/etc", "/vendor/etc", "/system/etc"};
 
 /** Directories where the effect libraries will be search for. */
 constexpr const char* LD_EFFECT_LIBRARY_PATH[] =
@@ -91,13 +96,16 @@
     /** Parsed config, nullptr if the xml lib could not load the file */
     std::unique_ptr<Config> parsedConfig;
     size_t nbSkippedElement; //< Number of skipped invalid library, effect or processing chain
+    const char* configPath; //< Path to the loaded configuration
 };
 
 /** Parses the provided effect configuration.
  * Parsing do not stop of first invalid element, but continues to the next.
+ * @param[in] path of the configuration file do load
+ *                 if nullptr, look for DEFAULT_NAME in DEFAULT_LOCATIONS.
  * @see ParsingResult::nbSkippedElement
  */
-ParsingResult parse(const char* path = DEFAULT_PATH);
+ParsingResult parse(const char* path = nullptr);
 
 } // namespace effectsConfig
 } // namespace android
diff --git a/media/libeffects/config/src/EffectsConfig.cpp b/media/libeffects/config/src/EffectsConfig.cpp
index 97462f8..18c406d 100644
--- a/media/libeffects/config/src/EffectsConfig.cpp
+++ b/media/libeffects/config/src/EffectsConfig.cpp
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include <cstdint>
 #include <functional>
 #include <string>
+#include <unistd.h>
 
 #include <tinyxml2.h>
 #include <log/log.h>
@@ -85,7 +86,7 @@
 constexpr std::enable_if<false, Enum> STREAM_NAME_MAP;
 
 /** All output stream types which support effects.
- * This need to be kept in sink with the xsd streamOutputType.
+ * This need to be kept in sync with the xsd streamOutputType.
  */
 template <>
 constexpr std::pair<audio_stream_type_t, const char*> STREAM_NAME_MAP<audio_stream_type_t>[] = {
@@ -102,7 +103,7 @@
 };
 
 /** All input stream types which support effects.
- * This need to be kept in sink with the xsd streamOutputType.
+ * This need to be kept in sync with the xsd streamOutputType.
  */
 template <>
 constexpr std::pair<audio_source_t, const char*> STREAM_NAME_MAP<audio_source_t>[] = {
@@ -142,7 +143,7 @@
 }
 
 /** Find an element in a collection by its name.
- * @return nullptr if not found, the ellements address if found.
+ * @return nullptr if not found, the element address if found.
  */
 template <class T>
 T* findByName(const char* name, std::vector<T>& collection) {
@@ -249,15 +250,14 @@
     return true;
 }
 
-}; // namespace
-
-ParsingResult parse(const char* path) {
+/** Internal version of the public parse(const char* path) with precondition `path != nullptr`. */
+ParsingResult parseWithPath(const char* path) {
     XMLDocument doc;
     doc.LoadFile(path);
     if (doc.Error()) {
         ALOGE("Failed to parse %s: Tinyxml2 error (%d): %s %s", path,
               doc.ErrorID(), doc.GetErrorStr1(), doc.GetErrorStr2());
-        return {nullptr, 0};
+        return {nullptr, 0, path};
     }
 
     auto config = std::make_unique<Config>();
@@ -295,7 +295,29 @@
             }
         }
     }
-    return {std::move(config), nbSkippedElements};
+    return {std::move(config), nbSkippedElements, path};
+}
+
+}; // namespace
+
+ParsingResult parse(const char* path) {
+    if (path != nullptr) {
+        return parseWithPath(path);
+    }
+
+    for (std::string location : DEFAULT_LOCATIONS) {
+        std::string defaultPath = location + '/' + DEFAULT_NAME;
+        if (access(defaultPath.c_str(), R_OK) != 0) {
+            continue;
+        }
+        auto result = parseWithPath(defaultPath.c_str());
+        if (result.parsedConfig != nullptr) {
+            return result;
+        }
+    }
+
+    ALOGE("Could not parse effect configuration in any of the default locations.");
+    return {nullptr, 0, nullptr};
 }
 
 } // namespace effectsConfig
diff --git a/media/libeffects/factory/EffectsXmlConfigLoader.cpp b/media/libeffects/factory/EffectsXmlConfigLoader.cpp
index 438b787..7a7d431 100644
--- a/media/libeffects/factory/EffectsXmlConfigLoader.cpp
+++ b/media/libeffects/factory/EffectsXmlConfigLoader.cpp
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@
                                            &gSkippedEffects, &gSubEffectList);
 
     ALOGE_IF(result.nbSkippedElement != 0, "%zu errors during loading of configuration: %s",
-             result.nbSkippedElement, path ?: effectsConfig::DEFAULT_PATH);
+             result.nbSkippedElement, result.configPath ?: "No config file found");
 
     return result.nbSkippedElement;
 }