diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index d66ab87b8..08b647e48 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -46,8 +46,10 @@ Build-Depends:
  libxtables-dev (>= 1.4) | iptables-dev (>= 1.4),
  markdown,
  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 2b169749d..84a454504 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ endif
 
 export FIXTURES_PATH = /usr/share/rtpengine-perftest
 
+export deb_systemdsystemunitdir = $(shell pkg-config --variable=systemdsystemunitdir systemd)
+
 %:
 	dh $@