diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index eddc2070..b1e38f0a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ Makefile
 *.pc
 /include/znc/zncconfig.h
 /znc-buildmod
+/znc.service
 
 # modperl and modpython generated code
 /modules/modperl/functions.cpp
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 1ecdb305..0a903956 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -684,6 +684,7 @@ AC_CONFIG_FILES([znc-buildmod])
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([man/Makefile])
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([znc.pc])
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([znc-uninstalled.pc])
+AC_CONFIG_FILES([znc.service])
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([modules/Makefile])
 AC_OUTPUT
 
diff --git a/znc.service b/znc.service.in
similarity index 83%
rename from znc.service
rename to znc.service.in
index 2f862bf3..2a9d3b06 100644
--- a/znc.service
+++ b/znc.service.in
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Description=ZNC, an advanced IRC bouncer
 After=network.target
 
 [Service]
-ExecStart=/usr/bin/znc -f
+ExecStart=@bindir@/znc -f
 User=znc
 
 [Install]