diff --git a/package/sysklogd/klogd.service b/package/sysklogd/klogd.service
index c66795b449..b5dbb93d7d 100644
--- a/package/sysklogd/klogd.service
+++ b/package/sysklogd/klogd.service
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 Description=Kernel Log Daemon
 
 [Service]
-ExecStart=/usr/sbin/klogd -n
+ExecStart=/sbin/klogd -n
 StandardOutput=null
 Restart=on-failure
 
diff --git a/package/sysklogd/sysklogd.mk b/package/sysklogd/sysklogd.mk
index 1bd1ec51b5..7a25d0eb6f 100644
--- a/package/sysklogd/sysklogd.mk
+++ b/package/sysklogd/sysklogd.mk
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ SYSKLOGD_LICENSE = GPL-2.0+
 SYSKLOGD_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 # From git
 SYSKLOGD_AUTORECONF = YES
+SYSKLOGD_CONF_OPTS = --exec-prefix=/
 
 define SYSKLOGD_INSTALL_SAMPLE_CONFIG
 	$(INSTALL) -D -m 0644 package/sysklogd/syslog.conf \
diff --git a/package/sysklogd/syslogd.service b/package/sysklogd/syslogd.service
index 70e4cff27e..adaac679f2 100644
--- a/package/sysklogd/syslogd.service
+++ b/package/sysklogd/syslogd.service
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Requires=syslog.socket
 Wants=klogd.service
 
 [Service]
-ExecStart=/usr/sbin/syslogd -m 0 -n
+ExecStart=/sbin/syslogd -m 0 -n
 StandardOutput=null
 Restart=on-failure