diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 510693e8a..c68972a85 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ bindings/swig/python3/audit_wrap.c
 bindings/swig/python3/_audit.so
 init.d/auditd.service
 init.d/audit-rules.service
+init.d/augenrules
 lib/*tabs.h
 lib/*tables.h
 ltmain.sh
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 4ca3bbce1..f9f9ce620 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@ AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile common/Makefile lib/Makefile lib/audit.pc
        bindings/python/python3/Makefile bindings/golang/Makefile
        bindings/swig/Makefile bindings/swig/src/Makefile
        bindings/swig/python3/Makefile tools/Makefile tools/aulast/Makefile
-       tools/aulast/test/Makefile
+       tools/aulast/test/Makefile init.d/augenrules
        tools/aulastlog/Makefile tools/ausyscall/Makefile m4/Makefile],
        [chmod +x auparse/test/run_auparse_tests.sh auparse/test/run_auparselol_test.sh])
 AC_OUTPUT
diff --git a/init.d/augenrules b/init.d/augenrules.in
similarity index 94%
rename from init.d/augenrules
rename to init.d/augenrules.in
index 8c1a670b8..7b29e236b 100644
--- a/init.d/augenrules
+++ b/init.d/augenrules.in
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/sh
+#!/usr/bin/env sh
 
 # Script to concatenate rules files found in a base audit rules directory
 # to form a single /etc/audit/audit.rules file suitable for loading into
@@ -34,20 +34,21 @@ LoadRules=0
 RETVAL=0
 cmd="$0"
 usage="Usage: $cmd [--check|--load]"
+auditctl_bin=@sbindir@/auditctl
 
 # Delete the interim file on faults
 trap 'rm -f ${TmpRules}; exit 1' HUP INT QUIT PIPE TERM
 
 try_load() {
 	if [ $LoadRules -eq 1 ] ; then
-		/sbin/auditctl -R ${DestinationFile}
+		$auditctl_bin -R ${DestinationFile}
 		RETVAL=$?
 	fi
 }
 
 # Check if audit is in immutable mode - exit if so
 check_immutable () {
-    if [ "$(auditctl -s | awk '$1 == "enabled" { print $2 }')" = "2" ] ; then
+    if [ "$($auditctl_bin -s | awk '$1 == "enabled" { print $2 }')" = "2" ] ; then
 	echo "$cmd: Audit system is in immutable mode - exiting with no changes"
 	exit 0
     fi
@@ -83,7 +84,7 @@ fi
 #   - the last processed -e directive is emitted as the last line
 umask 0137
 echo "## This file is automatically generated from $SourceRulesDir" >> "${TmpRules}"
-for rules in $(/bin/ls -1v ${SourceRulesDir} | grep "\.rules$") ; do
+for rules in $(ls -1v ${SourceRulesDir} | grep "\.rules$") ; do
 	cat ${SourceRulesDir}/"${rules}"
 done | awk '
 BEGIN   {