diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index f84a28d98f..70d4dc004e 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -188,6 +188,7 @@ AM_CPPFLAGS = \
 	-DCATALOG_DATABASE=\"$(catalogstatedir)/database\" \
 	-DSYSTEMD_CGROUP_AGENT_PATH=\"$(rootlibexecdir)/systemd-cgroups-agent\" \
 	-DSYSTEMD_BINARY_PATH=\"$(rootlibexecdir)/systemd\" \
+	-DSYSTEMD_FSCK_PATH=\"$(rootlibexecdir)/systemd-fsck\" \
 	-DSYSTEMD_SHUTDOWN_BINARY_PATH=\"$(rootlibexecdir)/systemd-shutdown\" \
 	-DSYSTEMD_SLEEP_BINARY_PATH=\"$(rootlibexecdir)/systemd-sleep\" \
 	-DSYSTEMCTL_BINARY_PATH=\"$(rootbindir)/systemctl\" \
diff --git a/src/shared/generator.c b/src/shared/generator.c
index 81284995f5..807569a1b8 100644
--- a/src/shared/generator.c
+++ b/src/shared/generator.c
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ static int write_fsck_sysroot_service(const char *dir, const char *what) {
                 "[Service]\n"
                 "Type=oneshot\n"
                 "RemainAfterExit=yes\n"
-                "ExecStart=/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-fsck %2$s\n"
+                "ExecStart=" SYSTEMD_FSCK_PATH " %2$s\n"
                 "TimeoutSec=0\n",
                 program_invocation_short_name,
                 what,