diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 0b6801e65..eaf77ae8d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@ build:
 
 .PHONY: install
 install:
-	- mkdir -p /usr/lib/osbuild-composer
-	cp osbuild-composer /usr/lib/osbuild-composer/
-	cp osbuild-worker /usr/lib/osbuild-composer/
-	cp dnf-json /usr/lib/osbuild-composer/
+	- mkdir -p /usr/libexec/osbuild-composer
+	cp osbuild-composer /usr/libexec/osbuild-composer/
+	cp osbuild-worker /usr/libexec/osbuild-composer/
+	cp dnf-json /usr/libexec/osbuild-composer/
 	- mkdir -p /etc/sysusers.d/
 	cp distribution/osbuild-composer.conf /etc/sysusers.d/
 	systemd-sysusers osbuild-composer.conf
diff --git a/distribution/osbuild-composer.service b/distribution/osbuild-composer.service
index f37237e22..81fd12724 100644
--- a/distribution/osbuild-composer.service
+++ b/distribution/osbuild-composer.service
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ Requires=osbuild-composer.socket
 
 [Service]
 Type=simple
-ExecStart=/usr/lib/osbuild-composer/osbuild-composer
+ExecStart=/usr/libexec/osbuild-composer/osbuild-composer
 StateDirectory=osbuild-composer
-WorkingDirectory=/usr/lib/osbuild-composer/
+WorkingDirectory=/usr/libexec/osbuild-composer/
 User=_osbuild-composer
 Restart=on-failure
 
diff --git a/distribution/osbuild-worker@.service b/distribution/osbuild-worker@.service
index 27b98b791..32a3ffb74 100644
--- a/distribution/osbuild-worker@.service
+++ b/distribution/osbuild-worker@.service
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ After=multi-user.target osbuild-composer.socket
 [Service]
 Type=simple
 PrivateTmp=true
-ExecStart=/usr/lib/osbuild-composer/osbuild-worker -C /var/lib/osbuild
+ExecStart=/usr/libexec/osbuild-composer/osbuild-worker -C /var/lib/osbuild
 CacheDirectory=osbuild-composer
 Restart=on-failure
 RestartSec=10s
diff --git a/golang-github-osbuild-composer.spec b/golang-github-osbuild-composer.spec
index 14a9ad920..399b5ca89 100644
--- a/golang-github-osbuild-composer.spec
+++ b/golang-github-osbuild-composer.spec
@@ -43,9 +43,9 @@ done
 
 
 %install
-install -m 0755 -vd                                         %{buildroot}%{_prefix}/lib/osbuild-composer
-install -m 0755 -vp _bin/*                                  %{buildroot}%{_prefix}/lib/osbuild-composer/
-install -m 0644 -vp dnf-json                                %{buildroot}%{_prefix}/lib/osbuild-composer/
+install -m 0755 -vd                                         %{buildroot}%{_libexecdir}/osbuild-composer
+install -m 0755 -vp _bin/*                                  %{buildroot}%{_libexecdir}/osbuild-composer/
+install -m 0644 -vp dnf-json                                %{buildroot}%{_libexecdir}/osbuild-composer/
 
 install -m 0755 -vd                                         %{buildroot}%{_unitdir}
 install -m 0644 -vp distribution/*.{service,socket}         %{buildroot}%{_unitdir}/
@@ -71,7 +71,8 @@ export GOPATH=$(pwd)/_build:%{gopath}
 %files
 %license LICENSE
 %doc README.md
-%{_prefix}/lib/osbuild-composer/*
+%{_libexecdir}/osbuild-composer
+%{_libexecdir}/osbuild-composer/*
 %{_unitdir}/*.{service,socket}
 %{_sysusersdir}/osbuild-composer.conf