diff --git a/openvpn.changes b/openvpn.changes
index cc7f008..ed5a43a 100644
--- a/openvpn.changes
+++ b/openvpn.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Jun 14 12:05:14 CEST 2017 - ndas@suse.de
+
+- use %{_tmpfilesdir} for tmpfiles.d/openvpn.conf (bsc#1044223)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Jun  6 14:59:29 CEST 2017 - ndas@suse.de
 
diff --git a/openvpn.spec b/openvpn.spec
index 78db079..ecd016d 100644
--- a/openvpn.spec
+++ b/openvpn.spec
@@ -180,12 +180,14 @@ mkdir -p %{buildroot}/%{_datadir}/openvpn
 %if %{with_systemd}
 rm %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/systemd/system/openvpn-client@.service
 rm %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/systemd/system/openvpn-server@.service
+#use one proveded by suse
+rm %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/tmpfiles.d/openvpn.conf
 install -D -m 644 %{name}.service %{buildroot}/%{_unitdir}/%{name}@.service
 install -D -m 644 $RPM_SOURCE_DIR/%{name}.target %{buildroot}/%{_unitdir}/%{name}.target
 install -D -m 755 $RPM_SOURCE_DIR/rc%{name} %{buildroot}%{_sbindir}/rc%{name}
 # tmpfiles.d
-mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/tmpfiles.d
-install -m 0644 $RPM_SOURCE_DIR/%{name}-tmpfile.conf %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/tmpfiles.d/%{name}.conf
+mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_tmpfilesdir}
+install -m 0644 $RPM_SOURCE_DIR/%{name}-tmpfile.conf %{buildroot}%{_tmpfilesdir}/%{name}.conf
 %else
 install -D -m 755 $RPM_SOURCE_DIR/openvpn.init %{buildroot}/%{_sysconfdir}/init.d/openvpn
 ln -sv %{_sysconfdir}/init.d/openvpn %{buildroot}/%{_sbindir}/rcopenvpn
@@ -204,7 +206,7 @@ find sample -name .gitignore | xargs rm -f
 
 %post
 %if %{with_systemd}
-systemd-tmpfiles --create %{_libdir}/tmpfiles.d/%{name}.conf ||:
+systemd-tmpfiles --create %{_tmpfilesdir}/%{name}.conf ||:
 %service_add_post %{name}.target
 # try to migrate openvpn.service autostart to openvpn@<CONF>.service
 if test ${FIRST_ARG:-$1} -ge 1 -a \
@@ -274,7 +276,7 @@ rm -f %{_sysconfdir}/sysconfig/openvpn || :
 %dir %{_libdir}/tmpfiles.d
 %{_unitdir}/%{name}@.service
 %{_unitdir}/%{name}.target
-%{_libdir}/tmpfiles.d/%{name}.conf
+%{_tmpfilesdir}/%{name}.conf
 %dir %attr(0750,root,root) %ghost %{_rundir}/openvpn/
 %else
 %config %{_sysconfdir}/init.d/openvpn