diff --git a/acct.changes b/acct.changes
index ba80ae0..81a3bc3 100644
--- a/acct.changes
+++ b/acct.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Sep 19 19:26:56 UTC 2017 - kstreitova@suse.com
+
+- acct.service: fix chmod command call to use an absolute path
+  [bsc#1053528]
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Jul 10 19:13:44 UTC 2017 - astieger@suse.com
 
diff --git a/acct.service b/acct.service
index d455bd3..1948dd6 100644
--- a/acct.service
+++ b/acct.service
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Documentation=man:accton(8)
 [Service]
 Type=oneshot
 RemainAfterExit=true
-ExecStartPre=chmod 600 /var/log/account/pacct
+ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/chmod 600 /var/log/account/pacct
 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/accton /var/log/account/pacct
 ExecStop=/usr/sbin/accton off