diff --git a/scripts/plymouth-populate-initrd.in b/scripts/plymouth-populate-initrd.in
index f14dc628..fe0680cd 100755
--- a/scripts/plymouth-populate-initrd.in
+++ b/scripts/plymouth-populate-initrd.in
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ done
 [ -z "$INITRDDIR" ] && usage error
 
 mkdir -p ${INITRDDIR}${PLYMOUTH_DATADIR}/plymouth/themes
-inst ${PLYMOUTH_DAEMON_PATH} $INITRDDIR /bin/plymouthd
+inst ${PLYMOUTH_DAEMON_PATH} $INITRDDIR /sbin/plymouthd
 inst ${PLYMOUTH_CLIENT_PATH} $INITRDDIR /bin/plymouth
 inst ${PLYMOUTH_DATADIR}/plymouth/themes/text/text.plymouth $INITRDDIR
 inst ${PLYMOUTH_PLUGIN_PATH}/text.so $INITRDDIR