diff --git a/package/alsa-utils/alsa-utils.mk b/package/alsa-utils/alsa-utils.mk
index 0bf2b432bd..4ce4aace46 100644
--- a/package/alsa-utils/alsa-utils.mk
+++ b/package/alsa-utils/alsa-utils.mk
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ endef
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_ALSA_UTILS_ALSACTL)$(BR2_INIT_SYSTEMD),yy)
 ALSA_UTILS_DEPENDENCIES += systemd
+ALSA_UTILS_CONF_OPTS += --with-systemdsystemunitdir=/usr/lib/systemd/system
 define ALSA_UTILS_INSTALL_INIT_SYSTEMD
 	$(INSTALL) -D -m 0644 $(@D)/alsactl/alsa-restore.service \
 		$(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/systemd/system/alsa-restore.service