diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 833f72ac5d..15f7a3485d 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ AM_CPPFLAGS = \
 	-DSYSTEM_GENERATOR_PATH=\"$(systemgeneratordir)\" \
 	-DUSER_GENERATOR_PATH=\"$(usergeneratordir)\" \
 	-DSYSTEM_SHUTDOWN_PATH=\"$(systemshutdowndir)\" \
+	-DSYSTEM_SLEEP_PATH=\"$(systemsleepdir)\" \
 	-DSYSTEMD_KBD_MODEL_MAP=\"$(pkgdatadir)/kbd-model-map\" \
 	-DX_SERVER=\"$(bindir)/X\" \
 	-DUDEVLIBEXECDIR=\""$(libexecdir)/udev"\" \
diff --git a/src/sleep/sleep.c b/src/sleep/sleep.c
index 941edc303d..c86f69c4aa 100644
--- a/src/sleep/sleep.c
+++ b/src/sleep/sleep.c
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
         arguments[1] = (char*) "pre";
         arguments[2] = argv[1];
         arguments[3] = NULL;
-        execute_directory(SYSTEMD_SLEEP_BINARY_PATH, NULL, arguments);
+        execute_directory(SYSTEM_SLEEP_PATH, NULL, arguments);
 
         if (streq(argv[1], "suspend"))
                 log_info("Suspending system...");
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
                 log_info("System thawed.");
 
         arguments[1] = (char*) "post";
-        execute_directory(SYSTEMD_SLEEP_BINARY_PATH, NULL, arguments);
+        execute_directory(SYSTEM_SLEEP_PATH, NULL, arguments);
 
         fclose(f);