diff --git a/debian/osmo-hlr.install b/debian/osmo-hlr.install
index 7991522..5a7c37b 100644
--- a/debian/osmo-hlr.install
+++ b/debian/osmo-hlr.install
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/lib/systemd/system/osmo-hlr.service
 /usr/bin/osmo-hlr
 /usr/bin/osmo-hlr-db-tool
 /usr/share/doc/osmo-hlr/sql/hlr.sql
diff --git a/debian/osmo-hlr.service b/debian/osmo-hlr.service
deleted file mode 120000
index 184f5aa..0000000
--- a/debian/osmo-hlr.service
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../contrib/systemd/osmo-hlr.service
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 1d8d8ab..9e97c6c 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -15,3 +15,6 @@
 # Print test results in case of a failure
 override_dh_auto_test:
 	dh_auto_test || (find . -name testsuite.log -exec cat {} \; ; false)
+
+override_dh_auto_configure:
+	dh_auto_configure -- --with-systemdsystemunitdir=/lib/systemd/system