diff --git a/fix_service_paths.diff b/fix_service_paths.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b42d44a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fix_service_paths.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+Index: tpm2-abrmd-1.1.1/dist/tpm2-abrmd.service
+===================================================================
+--- tpm2-abrmd-1.1.1.orig/dist/tpm2-abrmd.service
++++ /dev/null
+@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
+-# copy this file into /etc/systemd/system
+-[Unit]
+-Description=TPM2 Access Broker and Resource Management Daemon
+-
+-[Service]
+-Type=dbus
+-Restart=always
+-RestartSec=5
+-EnvironmentFile=-/usr/local/etc/default/tpm2-abrmd
+-BusName=com.intel.tss2.Tabrmd
+-StandardOutput=syslog
+-ExecStart=/usr/local/sbin/tpm2-abrmd
+-User=tss
+-
+-[Install]
+-WantedBy=multi-user.target
+Index: tpm2-abrmd-1.1.1/dist/tpm2-abrmd.service.in
+===================================================================
+--- /dev/null
++++ tpm2-abrmd-1.1.1/dist/tpm2-abrmd.service.in
+@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
++# copy this file into /etc/systemd/system
++[Unit]
++Description=TPM2 Access Broker and Resource Management Daemon
++
++[Service]
++Type=dbus
++Restart=always
++RestartSec=5
++EnvironmentFile=-@sysconfdir@/default/tpm2-abrmd
++BusName=com.intel.tss2.Tabrmd
++StandardOutput=syslog
++ExecStart=@SBINDIR@/tpm2-abrmd
++User=tss
++
++[Install]
++WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/service_path.patch b/service_path.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..305ad12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/service_path.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+Index: tpm2-abrmd-1.1.1/dist/tpm2-abrmd.service
+===================================================================
+--- tpm2-abrmd-1.1.1.orig/dist/tpm2-abrmd.service
++++ /dev/null
+@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
+-# copy this file into /etc/systemd/system
+-[Unit]
+-Description=TPM2 Access Broker and Resource Management Daemon
+-
+-[Service]
+-Type=dbus
+-Restart=always
+-RestartSec=5
+-EnvironmentFile=-/usr/local/etc/default/tpm2-abrmd
+-BusName=com.intel.tss2.Tabrmd
+-StandardOutput=syslog
+-ExecStart=/usr/local/sbin/tpm2-abrmd
+-User=tss
+-
+-[Install]
+-WantedBy=multi-user.target
+Index: tpm2-abrmd-1.1.1/dist/tpm2-abrmd.service.in
+===================================================================
++++ tpm2-abrmd-1.1.1/dist/tpm2-abrmd.service.in
+@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@ Description=TPM2 Access Broker and Resou
++Type=dbus
++Restart=always
++RestartSec=5
++EnvironmentFile=-@sysconfdir@/default/tpm2-abrmd
++BusName=com.intel.tss2.Tabrmd
++StandardOutput=syslog
++ExecStart=@SBINDIR@/tpm2-abrmd
++User=tss
++
++[Install]
diff --git a/tpm2.0-abrmd.changes b/tpm2.0-abrmd.changes
index b172d0f..89700de 100644
--- a/tpm2.0-abrmd.changes
+++ b/tpm2.0-abrmd.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Nov 15 11:43:19 UTC 2017 - matthias.gerstner@suse.com
+
+- fixed broken systemd service unit (bnc#1066123). the service unit file in
+  the upstream distribution tarball is already configured and looks for
+  binaries and configuration files in the /usr/local prefix which is wrong.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Sep  1 14:37:48 UTC 2017 - matthias.gerstner@suse.com
 
diff --git a/tpm2.0-abrmd.spec b/tpm2.0-abrmd.spec
index f3dfbb1..b42ea12 100644
--- a/tpm2.0-abrmd.spec
+++ b/tpm2.0-abrmd.spec
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(gio-unix-2.0)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(sapi)
 Requires(pre):  pwdutils
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
+Patch0:         fix_service_paths.diff
 
 %description
 The tpm2.0-abrmd package provides the TPM2 Access Broker & Resource Manager.
@@ -65,7 +66,7 @@ use with the SAPI library (libsapi) like any other TCTI.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q -n tpm2-abrmd-%{version}
-# %%patch0 -p1
+%patch0 -p1
 
 %build
 export CFLAGS="%optflags -fPIE"