diff --git a/cifs-utils.changes b/cifs-utils.changes
index 8fd829b..9d11569 100644
--- a/cifs-utils.changes
+++ b/cifs-utils.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Jan 14 15:34:45 UTC 2021 - Ludwig Nussel <lnussel@suse.de>
+
+- use new %_pamdir macro to avoid hardcoding pam module path
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Nov 17 13:42:23 UTC 2020 - Ludwig Nussel <lnussel@suse.de>
 
diff --git a/cifs-utils.spec b/cifs-utils.spec
index a4400d3..c9d05b0 100644
--- a/cifs-utils.spec
+++ b/cifs-utils.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package cifs-utils
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2020 SUSE LLC
+# Copyright (c) 2021 SUSE LLC
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ autoreconf -i
 export ROOTSBINDIR="%{_sbindir}"
 %endif
 %configure \
-	--with-pamdir=/%{_lib}/security
+	--with-pamdir=%{_pamdir}
 make %{?_smp_mflags}
 
 %install
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ touch %{buildroot}/%{_sysconfdir}/sysconfig/network/if-{down,up}.d/${script} \
 %{_includedir}/cifsidmap.h
 
 %files -n pam_cifscreds
-/%{_lib}/security/pam_cifscreds.so
+/%{_pamdir}/pam_cifscreds.so
 %{_mandir}/man8/pam_cifscreds.8%{ext_man}
 
 %changelog