diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 2baaad928..787ec5c8c 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -50,8 +50,10 @@ Build-Depends:
  markdown,
  ngcp-libcodec-chain-dev <pkg.ngcp-rtpengine.codec-chain>,
  pandoc,
+ pkgconf,
  python3,
  python3-websockets,
+ systemd-dev | systemd,
  zlib1g-dev,
 Testsuite: autopkgtest-pkg-dkms
 
diff --git a/debian/ngcp-rtpengine-daemon.links b/debian/ngcp-rtpengine-daemon.links
index 4e84c6eae..339a6b768 100644
--- a/debian/ngcp-rtpengine-daemon.links
+++ b/debian/ngcp-rtpengine-daemon.links
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/lib/systemd/system/ngcp-rtpengine-daemon.service	/lib/systemd/system/rtpengine-daemon.service
-/lib/systemd/system/ngcp-rtpengine-daemon.service	/lib/systemd/system/rtpengine.service
-/lib/systemd/system/ngcp-rtpengine-daemon@.service	/lib/systemd/system/rtpengine-daemon@.service
-/lib/systemd/system/ngcp-rtpengine-daemon@.service	/lib/systemd/system/rtpengine@.service
+${env:deb_systemdsystemunitdir}/ngcp-rtpengine-daemon.service	${env:deb_systemdsystemunitdir}/rtpengine-daemon.service
+${env:deb_systemdsystemunitdir}/ngcp-rtpengine-daemon.service	${env:deb_systemdsystemunitdir}/rtpengine.service
+${env:deb_systemdsystemunitdir}/ngcp-rtpengine-daemon@.service	${env:deb_systemdsystemunitdir}/rtpengine-daemon@.service
+${env:deb_systemdsystemunitdir}/ngcp-rtpengine-daemon@.service	${env:deb_systemdsystemunitdir}/rtpengine@.service
diff --git a/debian/ngcp-rtpengine-recording-daemon.links b/debian/ngcp-rtpengine-recording-daemon.links
index e8e30d57d..77a80c563 100644
--- a/debian/ngcp-rtpengine-recording-daemon.links
+++ b/debian/ngcp-rtpengine-recording-daemon.links
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/lib/systemd/system/ngcp-rtpengine-recording-daemon.service	/lib/systemd/system/rtpengine-recording-daemon.service
-/lib/systemd/system/ngcp-rtpengine-recording-daemon.service	/lib/systemd/system/rtpengine-recording.service
-/lib/systemd/system/ngcp-rtpengine-recording-daemon@.service	/lib/systemd/system/rtpengine-recording-daemon@.service
-/lib/systemd/system/ngcp-rtpengine-recording-daemon@.service	/lib/systemd/system/rtpengine-recording@.service
+${env:deb_systemdsystemunitdir}/ngcp-rtpengine-recording-daemon.service	${env:deb_systemdsystemunitdir}/rtpengine-recording-daemon.service
+${env:deb_systemdsystemunitdir}/ngcp-rtpengine-recording-daemon.service	${env:deb_systemdsystemunitdir}/rtpengine-recording.service
+${env:deb_systemdsystemunitdir}/ngcp-rtpengine-recording-daemon@.service	${env:deb_systemdsystemunitdir}/rtpengine-recording-daemon@.service
+${env:deb_systemdsystemunitdir}/ngcp-rtpengine-recording-daemon@.service	${env:deb_systemdsystemunitdir}/rtpengine-recording@.service
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index e519c9959..861816ee8 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ endif
 
 export FIXTURES_PATH = /usr/share/rtpengine-perftest
 
+export deb_systemdsystemunitdir = $(shell pkg-config --variable=systemdsystemunitdir systemd)
+
 %:
 	dh $@