diff --git a/matrix-synapse.changes b/matrix-synapse.changes
index a4f7ae3..ecafe32 100644
--- a/matrix-synapse.changes
+++ b/matrix-synapse.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sat Dec 21 00:57:27 UTC 2019 - Aleksa Sarai <asarai@suse.com>
+
+- Use packaged service file not the one in the repo (the one in the repo is
+  completely broken for openSUSE).
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Dec 20 18:09:31 UTC 2019 - Aleksa Sarai <asarai@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/matrix-synapse.spec b/matrix-synapse.spec
index a9ec41f..1247373 100644
--- a/matrix-synapse.spec
+++ b/matrix-synapse.spec
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_rundir}/%{pkgname}
 # system configuration.
 mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_sbindir}
 ln -s %{_sbindir}/service %{buildroot}%{_sbindir}/rc%{pkgname}
-install -D -m 0644 contrib/systemd/%{pkgname}.service %{buildroot}%{_unitdir}/%{pkgname}.service
+install -D -m 0644 %{S:50} %{buildroot}%{_unitdir}/%{pkgname}.service
 
 # User directory.
 install -d -m 0755 %{buildroot}%{_rundir}/%{pkgname}