diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 55e236d3..dcaabbb4 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -239,5 +239,5 @@ AC_FUNC_MALLOC
 AC_FUNC_REALLOC
 AC_CHECK_FUNCS([atexit clock_gettime gethostname inet_ntoa memchr memmove memset mkfifo pow select socket stpcpy strcasecmp strchr strdup strerror strstr strtol strtoul])
 
-AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile man/Makefile])
+AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile man/Makefile scripts/shairport-sync.service])
 AC_OUTPUT
diff --git a/scripts/shairport-sync.service b/scripts/shairport-sync.service.in
similarity index 84%
rename from scripts/shairport-sync.service
rename to scripts/shairport-sync.service.in
index 54bfcd18..3cc662e7 100644
--- a/scripts/shairport-sync.service
+++ b/scripts/shairport-sync.service.in
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Requires=avahi-daemon.service
 After=avahi-daemon.service
 
 [Service]
-ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/shairport-sync
+ExecStart=@prefix@/bin/shairport-sync
 User=shairport-sync
 Group=shairport-sync