diff --git a/tools/Makefile.am b/tools/Makefile.am
index 0b59577024..2f8669e5d2 100644
--- a/tools/Makefile.am
+++ b/tools/Makefile.am
@@ -31,24 +31,15 @@ install-data-local: install-systemd install-nss \
 uninstall-local: uninstall-systemd uninstall-nss \
 	uninstall-bash-completion
 
-install-sysconfig:
-	$(MKDIR_P) $(DESTDIR)$(sysconfdir)/sysconfig
-	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(srcdir)/libvirt-guests.sysconf \
-	  $(DESTDIR)$(sysconfdir)/sysconfig/libvirt-guests
-
-uninstall-sysconfig:
-	rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(sysconfdir)/sysconfig/libvirt-guests
-	rmdir $(DESTDIR)$(sysconfdir)/sysconfig ||:
-
 SYSTEMD_UNIT_DIR = $(prefix)/lib/systemd/system
 
 if LIBVIRT_INIT_SCRIPT_SYSTEMD
-install-systemd: libvirt-guests.service install-sysconfig libvirt-guests.sh
+install-systemd: libvirt-guests.service libvirt-guests.sh
 	$(MKDIR_P) $(DESTDIR)$(SYSTEMD_UNIT_DIR)
 	$(INSTALL_DATA) libvirt-guests.service \
 	  $(DESTDIR)$(SYSTEMD_UNIT_DIR)/libvirt-guests.service
 
-uninstall-systemd: uninstall-sysconfig
+uninstall-systemd:
 	rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(SYSTEMD_UNIT_DIR)/libvirt-guests.service
 	rmdir $(DESTDIR)$(SYSTEMD_UNIT_DIR) ||:
 
diff --git a/tools/meson.build b/tools/meson.build
index d595e5807a..0d39054db2 100644
--- a/tools/meson.build
+++ b/tools/meson.build
@@ -269,3 +269,11 @@ configure_file(
   install_dir: libexecdir,
   install_mode: 'rwxrwxr-x',
 )
+
+if init_script == 'systemd'
+  install_data(
+    'libvirt-guests.sysconf',
+    install_dir: sysconfdir / 'sysconfig',
+    rename: 'libvirt-guests',
+  )
+endif