diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 0d2220b3..232c9c64 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -650,6 +650,8 @@ AC_CONFIG_FILES([
   doc/asio_http2_client.h.rst
   doc/contribute.rst
   contrib/Makefile
+  contrib/nghttpx-init.template
+  contrib/nghttpx.service.template
 ])
 AC_OUTPUT
 
diff --git a/contrib/.gitignore b/contrib/.gitignore
index a08baf90..a9fa9f81 100644
--- a/contrib/.gitignore
+++ b/contrib/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,5 @@
 nghttpx-init
+nghttpx-init.template
+nghttpx.service
+nghttpx.service.template
+
diff --git a/contrib/Makefile.am b/contrib/Makefile.am
index 8f12126f..748f1cbb 100644
--- a/contrib/Makefile.am
+++ b/contrib/Makefile.am
@@ -21,19 +21,18 @@
 # OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION
 # WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
 
-EXTRA_DIST = nghttpx-init.in nghttpx.service nghttpx-logrotate
+EXTRA_DIST = nghttpx-init.template.in nghttpx.service.template.in \
+	nghttpx-logrotate
 
-edit = sed -e 's|@bindir[@]|$(bindir)|g'
+edit = sed -e 's|$$(bindir)|$(bindir)|g'
 
-nghttpx-init: Makefile
+nghttpx-init nghttpx.service: %: $(srcdir)/%.template
 	rm -f $@ $@.tmp
-	$(edit) $(srcdir)/$@.in > $@.tmp
+	$(edit) $< > $@.tmp
 	chmod +x $@.tmp
 	mv $@.tmp $@
 
-nghttpx-init: $(srcdir)/nghttpx-init.in
-
-all-local: nghttpx-init
+all-local: nghttpx-init nghttpx.service
 
 clean-local:
-	-rm -f nghttpx-init nghttpx-init.tmp
+	-rm -f nghttpx-init nghttpx-init.tmp nghttpx.service nghttpx.service.tmp
diff --git a/contrib/nghttpx-init.in b/contrib/nghttpx-init.template.in
similarity index 97%
rename from contrib/nghttpx-init.in
rename to contrib/nghttpx-init.template.in
index a1620a97..8367d810 100644
--- a/contrib/nghttpx-init.in
+++ b/contrib/nghttpx-init.template.in
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@
 PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin
 DESC="HTTP/2 reverse proxy"
 NAME=nghttpx
-# Depending on the configuration, binary may be located under @sbindir@
-DAEMON=@bindir@/$NAME
+# Depending on the configuration, binary may be located under $(bindir)
+DAEMON=$(bindir)/$NAME
 PIDFILE=/var/run/$NAME.pid
 DAEMON_ARGS="--conf /etc/nghttpx/nghttpx.conf --pid-file=$PIDFILE"
 SCRIPTNAME=/etc/init.d/$NAME
diff --git a/contrib/nghttpx.service b/contrib/nghttpx.service.template.in
similarity index 73%
rename from contrib/nghttpx.service
rename to contrib/nghttpx.service.template.in
index 71367be4..f6e0eed4 100644
--- a/contrib/nghttpx.service
+++ b/contrib/nghttpx.service.template.in
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ After=network.target
 
 [Service]
 Type=simple
-ExecStart=/usr/bin/nghttpx --errorlog-syslog
+ExecStart=$(bindir)/nghttpx --errorlog-syslog
 
 [Install]
 WantedBy=multi-user.target