diff --git a/package/dbus/dbus.mk b/package/dbus/dbus.mk
index 200084f6a4..c810800873 100644
--- a/package/dbus/dbus.mk
+++ b/package/dbus/dbus.mk
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ endif
 ifeq ($(BR2_INIT_SYSTEMD),y)
 DBUS_CONF_OPTS += \
 	--enable-systemd \
-	--with-systemdsystemunitdir=/lib/systemd/system
+	--with-systemdsystemunitdir=/usr/lib/systemd/system
 DBUS_DEPENDENCIES += systemd
 else
 DBUS_CONF_OPTS += --disable-systemd