diff --git a/contrib/sssd.spec.in b/contrib/sssd.spec.in
index 2a681224b20..4149d453ba6 100644
--- a/contrib/sssd.spec.in
+++ b/contrib/sssd.spec.in
@@ -1047,7 +1047,7 @@ install -D -p -m 0644 contrib/sssd.sysusers %{buildroot}%{_sysusersdir}/sssd.con
 %if %{use_sssd_user}
 %pre common
 %if %{use_sysusers}
-%sysusers_create_compat contrib/sssd.sysusers
+%sysusers_create_compat %{_sysusersdir}/sssd.conf
 %else
 getent group sssd >/dev/null || groupadd -r sssd
 getent passwd sssd >/dev/null || useradd -r -g sssd -d / -s /sbin/nologin -c "User for sssd" sssd