diff --git a/debian/freeipa-client-epn.install b/debian/freeipa-client-epn.install
index 76901fd..b3a99b2 100644
--- a/debian/freeipa-client-epn.install
+++ b/debian/freeipa-client-epn.install
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 etc/ipa/epn.conf
 etc/ipa/epn/expire_msg.template
-lib/systemd/system/ipa-epn.service
-lib/systemd/system/ipa-epn.timer
+${env:systemdsystemunitdir}/ipa-epn.service
+${env:systemdsystemunitdir}/ipa-epn.timer
 usr/sbin/ipa-epn
 usr/share/man/man1/ipa-epn.1
 usr/share/man/man5/epn.conf.5
diff --git a/debian/freeipa-server.install b/debian/freeipa-server.install
index cdc9663..b9c0a0c 100644
--- a/debian/freeipa-server.install
+++ b/debian/freeipa-server.install
@@ -4,15 +4,15 @@ etc/ipa/html/*
 etc/ipa/kdcproxy
 etc/dbus-1/system.d/org.freeipa.server.conf
 etc/oddjobd.conf.d/ipa-server.conf
-lib/systemd/system/ipa-ccache-sweep.service
-lib/systemd/system/ipa-ccache-sweep.timer
-lib/systemd/system/ipa-custodia.service
-lib/systemd/system/ipa-dnskeysyncd.service
-lib/systemd/system/ipa-ods-exporter.service
-lib/systemd/system/ipa-ods-exporter.socket
-lib/systemd/system/ipa-otpd.socket
-lib/systemd/system/ipa-otpd@.service
-lib/systemd/system/ipa.service
+${env:systemdsystemunitdir}/ipa-ccache-sweep.service
+${env:systemdsystemunitdir}/ipa-ccache-sweep.timer
+${env:systemdsystemunitdir}/ipa-custodia.service
+${env:systemdsystemunitdir}/ipa-dnskeysyncd.service
+${env:systemdsystemunitdir}/ipa-ods-exporter.service
+${env:systemdsystemunitdir}/ipa-ods-exporter.socket
+${env:systemdsystemunitdir}/ipa-otpd.socket
+${env:systemdsystemunitdir}/ipa-otpd@.service
+${env:systemdsystemunitdir}/ipa.service
 usr/lib/*/dirsrv/plugins/libipa_cldap.so
 usr/lib/*/dirsrv/plugins/libipa_dns.so
 usr/lib/*/dirsrv/plugins/libipa_enrollment_extop.so
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 6b78e88..1946382 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -20,7 +20,14 @@ DESTDIR=$(CURDIR)/debian/tmp
 export PYTHON=python3
 export am_cv_python_pythondir=/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages
 export am_cv_python_pyexecdir=/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages
-export systemdsystemunitdir=$(shell pkgconf --variable=systemdsystemunitdir systemd | sed s,^/,,)
+#export systemdsystemunitdir=$(shell pkgconf --variable=systemdsystemunitdir systemd | sed s,^/,,)
+
+systemdsystemunitdir := $(shell pkgconf --variable=systemdsystemunitdir systemd 2>/dev/null | sed 's,^/,,')
+ifeq ($(systemdsystemunitdir),)
+systemdsystemunitdir := lib/systemd/system
+endif
+
+export systemdsystemunitdir
 
 confflags = \
 	--libexecdir=/usr/lib/ \