diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index e27e944caff..d4e89eae012 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -232,6 +232,7 @@ conf.set_quoted('ENVIRONMENT_DIR',                            environmentdir)
 conf.set_quoted('INCLUDE_DIR',                                includedir)
 conf.set_quoted('LIBDIR',                                     libdir)
 conf.set_quoted('LIBEXECDIR',                                 libexecdir)
+conf.set_quoted('KERNEL_INSTALL_DIR',                         kernelinstalldir)
 conf.set_quoted('MODPROBE_DIR',                               modprobedir)
 conf.set_quoted('MODULESLOAD_DIR',                            modulesloaddir)
 conf.set_quoted('PKGSYSCONFDIR',                              pkgsysconfdir)
diff --git a/src/rpm/macros.systemd.in b/src/rpm/macros.systemd.in
index 8b9c0583f75..ce65ec67004 100644
--- a/src/rpm/macros.systemd.in
+++ b/src/rpm/macros.systemd.in
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 %_udevhwdbdir {{UDEV_HWDB_DIR}}
 %_udevrulesdir {{UDEV_RULES_DIR}}
 %_journalcatalogdir {{SYSTEMD_CATALOG_DIR}}
+%_kernel_install_dir {{KERNEL_INSTALL_DIR}}
 %_binfmtdir {{BINFMT_DIR}}
 %_sysctldir {{SYSCTL_DIR}}
 %_sysusersdir {{SYSUSERS_DIR}}