diff --git a/syslog-ng-config/files/syslog-ng.service b/syslog-ng-config/files/syslog-ng.service
index 606a967..b8d90d2 100644
--- a/syslog-ng-config/files/syslog-ng.service
+++ b/syslog-ng-config/files/syslog-ng.service
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Documentation=man:syslog-ng(8)
 [Service]
 Type=notify
 Sockets=syslog.socket
-ExecStartPre=-/usr/bin/mkdir -p /var/run/syslog-ng/
+ExecStartPre=-/bin/mkdir -p /var/run/syslog-ng/
 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/syslog-ng -F -p /var/run/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.pid
 ExecReload=/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID
 StandardOutput=null