diff --git a/sssd.spec b/sssd.spec
index 41ffc2d..724de9e 100644
--- a/sssd.spec
+++ b/sssd.spec
@@ -123,6 +123,13 @@ Obsoletes:      sssd-common < %version-%release
 %define mcpath		%sssdstatedir/mc
 %define ldbdir %(pkg-config ldb --variable=modulesdir)
 
+
+%if 0%{?suse_version} >= 1600
+%define permissions_path %_datadir/permissions/permissions.d/
+%else
+%define permissions_path %_sysconfdir/permissions.d/
+%endif
+
 # Both SSSD and cifs-utils provide an idmap plugin for cifs.ko
 # %%_sysconfdir/cifs-utils/idmap-plugin should be a symlink to one of the 2 idmap plugins
 # * cifs-utils one is the default (priority 20)
@@ -477,7 +484,7 @@ sed -i '1s@#!.*python.*@#!%_bindir/python3.11@' "$b/%_libexecdir/%name/sss_analy
 %endif
 
 echo 'u sssd - "System Security Services Daemon" /run/sssd /sbin/nologin' >system-user-sssd.conf
-mkdir -p "$b/%_sysusersdir" "$b/etc/permissions.d"
+mkdir -p "$b/%_sysusersdir"
 cp -a system-user-sssd.conf "$b/%_sysusersdir/"
 %sysusers_generate_pre system-user-sssd.conf random system-user-sssd.conf
 install -Dpm 0644 contrib/sssd-tmpfiles.conf "%buildroot/%_tmpfilesdir/%name.conf"
@@ -486,7 +493,8 @@ install -Dpm 0644 contrib/sssd-tmpfiles.conf "%buildroot/%_tmpfilesdir/%name.con
 # https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/12/19/1
 #
 # should match entry from %%files list
-cat >"$b/etc/permissions.d/sssd" <<-EOF
+mkdir -p "$b/%permissions_path"
+cat >"$b/%permissions_path/sssd" <<-EOF
 	%_libexecdir/sssd/sssd_pam root:sssd 0750
 	 +capabilities cap_dac_read_search=p
 	%_libexecdir/sssd/selinux_child root:sssd 0750
@@ -647,7 +655,7 @@ fi
 %_unitdir/sssd-sudo.service
 %_sysusersdir/*sssd*
 %_tmpfilesdir/*sssd*
-%_sysconfdir/permissions.d/*
+%permissions_path/sssd
 %_datadir/polkit-1/
 %_bindir/sss_ssh_*
 %_sbindir/sssd