diff --git a/cyrus-sasl.spec b/cyrus-sasl.spec
index 308fbd8..6780a5f 100644
--- a/cyrus-sasl.spec
+++ b/cyrus-sasl.spec
@@ -321,8 +321,8 @@ install -m755 -p %{SOURCE4} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/etc/rc.d/init.d/saslauthd
 install -d -m755 $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_unitdir}
 install -m644 -p %{SOURCE5} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_unitdir}/saslauthd.service
 install -m644 -p %{SOURCE9} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/etc/sysconfig/saslauthd
-install -m755 -d $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/etc/tmpfiles.d
-install -m644 -p %{SOURCE11} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/etc/tmpfiles.d/saslauthd.conf
+install -m755 -d $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_prefix}/lib/tmpfiles.d
+install -m644 -p %{SOURCE11} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_prefix}/lib/tmpfiles.d/saslauthd.conf
 
 # Install the config dirs if they're not already there.
 install -m755 -d $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_sysconfdir}/sasl2
@@ -383,7 +383,8 @@ exit 0
 %{_sbindir}/testsaslauthd
 %config(noreplace) /etc/sysconfig/saslauthd
 %{_unitdir}/saslauthd.service
-/etc/tmpfiles.d/saslauthd.conf
+%dir %{_prefix}/lib/tmpfiles.d
+%{_prefix}/lib/tmpfiles.d/saslauthd.conf
 %dir /run/saslauthd
 
 %files lib