diff --git a/libreswan.spec b/libreswan.spec
index bb135fc..6a49194 100644
--- a/libreswan.spec
+++ b/libreswan.spec
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ Name: libreswan
 Summary: Internet Key Exchange (IKEv1 and IKEv2) implementation for IPsec
 # version is generated in the release script
 Version: 4.4
-Release: %{?prever:0.}1%{?prever:.%{prever}}%{?dist}
+Release: %{?prever:0.}2%{?prever:.%{prever}}%{?dist}
 License: GPLv2
 Url: https://libreswan.org/
 Source0: https://download.libreswan.org/%{?prever:development/}%{name}-%{version}%{?prever}.tar.gz
@@ -130,9 +130,9 @@ rm -rf %{buildroot}%{_libexecdir}/ipsec/*check
 install -d -m 0755 %{buildroot}%{_rundir}/pluto
 install -d %{buildroot}%{_sbindir}
 
-install -d %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/sysctl.d
+install -d %{buildroot}%{_sysctldir}
 install -m 0644 packaging/fedora/libreswan-sysctl.conf \
-    %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/sysctl.d/50-libreswan.conf
+    %{buildroot}%{_sysctldir}/50-libreswan.conf
 
 echo "include %{_sysconfdir}/ipsec.d/*.secrets" \
     > %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/ipsec.secrets
@@ -171,6 +171,7 @@ certutil -N -d sql:$tmpdir --empty-password
 
 %post
 %systemd_post ipsec.service
+%sysctl_apply 50-libreswan.conf
 
 %preun
 %systemd_preun ipsec.service
@@ -186,7 +187,7 @@ certutil -N -d sql:$tmpdir --empty-password
 %attr(0700,root,root) %dir %{_sysconfdir}/ipsec.d
 %attr(0700,root,root) %dir %{_sysconfdir}/ipsec.d/policies
 %attr(0644,root,root) %config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/ipsec.d/policies/*
-%attr(0644,root,root) %config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/sysctl.d/50-libreswan.conf
+%attr(0644,root,root) %config(noreplace) %{_sysctldir}/50-libreswan.conf
 %attr(0755,root,root) %dir %{_rundir}/pluto
 %attr(0700,root,root) %dir %{_sharedstatedir}/ipsec
 %attr(0700,root,root) %dir %{_sharedstatedir}/ipsec/nss
@@ -199,6 +200,9 @@ certutil -N -d sql:$tmpdir --empty-password
 %doc %{_mandir}/*/*
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Jun 07 2021 Paul Wouters <paul.wouters@aiven.io> - 4.4-2
+- Properly handle rpm sysctl config
+
 * Wed May 12 2021 Paul Wouters <paul.wouters@aiven.io> - 4.4-1
 - Resolves: rhbz#1952602 libreswan-4.4 is available