diff --git a/daemon/CMakeLists.txt b/daemon/CMakeLists.txt
index 5d486073f..ad1439657 100644
--- a/daemon/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/daemon/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ ecm_mark_nongui_executable(kdeconnectd)
 
 configure_file(org.kde.kdeconnect.daemon.desktop.cmake ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/org.kde.kdeconnect.daemon.desktop)
 
+if (UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
+    set(kdeconnectd_prefix "${KDE_INSTALL_FULL_BINDIR}/")
+endif()
 configure_file(org.kde.kdeconnect.service.in ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/org.kde.kdeconnect.service)
 
 install(FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/org.kde.kdeconnect.daemon.desktop DESTINATION ${KDE_INSTALL_AUTOSTARTDIR})
diff --git a/daemon/org.kde.kdeconnect.service.in b/daemon/org.kde.kdeconnect.service.in
index 4c972e4d6..cb3f5ddbe 100644
--- a/daemon/org.kde.kdeconnect.service.in
+++ b/daemon/org.kde.kdeconnect.service.in
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 [D-BUS Service]
 Name=org.kde.kdeconnect
-Exec==@KDE_INSTALL_FULL_BINDIR@/kdeconnectd
+Exec=@kdeconnectd_prefix@kdeconnectd