diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b66a1a5..25b4ff6 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -329,9 +329,11 @@ pkg-deb-amd64:
 	cp $(BIN_DIR)/asvec-linux-amd64 $(BIN_DIR)/asvec
 	rm -rf $(BIN_DIR)/deb
 	mkdir -p $(BIN_DIR)/deb/DEBIAN
-	mkdir -p $(BIN_DIR)/deb/usr/local/aerospike/bin
+	mkdir -p $(BIN_DIR)/deb/opt/aerospike/bin
+	mkdir -p $(BIN_DIR)/deb/usr/bin
 	@ eval "$$amddebscript"
-	mv $(BIN_DIR)/asvec $(BIN_DIR)/deb/usr/local/aerospike/bin/
+	mv $(BIN_DIR)/asvec $(BIN_DIR)/deb/opt/aerospike/bin/
+	ln -s /opt/aerospike/bin/asvec $(BIN_DIR)/deb/usr/bin/asvec
 	sudo dpkg-deb -Zxz -b $(BIN_DIR)/deb
 	rm -f $(BIN_DIR)/packages/asvec-linux-amd64-${ver}.deb
 	mv $(BIN_DIR)/deb.deb $(BIN_DIR)/packages/asvec-linux-amd64-${ver}.deb
@@ -342,9 +344,11 @@ pkg-deb-arm64:
 	cp $(BIN_DIR)/asvec-linux-arm64 $(BIN_DIR)/asvec
 	rm -rf $(BIN_DIR)/deb
 	mkdir -p $(BIN_DIR)/deb/DEBIAN
-	mkdir -p $(BIN_DIR)/deb/usr/local/aerospike/bin
+	mkdir -p $(BIN_DIR)/deb/opt/aerospike/bin
+	mkdir -p $(BIN_DIR)/deb/usr/bin
 	@ eval "$$armdebscript"
-	mv $(BIN_DIR)/asvec $(BIN_DIR)/deb/usr/local/aerospike/bin/
+	mv $(BIN_DIR)/asvec $(BIN_DIR)/deb/opt/aerospike/bin/
+	ln -s /opt/aerospike/bin/asvec $(BIN_DIR)/deb/usr/bin/asvec
 	sudo dpkg-deb -Zxz -b $(BIN_DIR)/deb
 	rm -f $(BIN_DIR)/packages/asvec-linux-arm64-${ver}.deb
 	mv $(BIN_DIR)/deb.deb $(BIN_DIR)/packages/asvec-linux-arm64-${ver}.deb
@@ -392,7 +396,7 @@ pkg-rpm-amd64:
 	rm -rf $(BIN_DIR)/asvec-rpm-centos
 	cp -a $(BIN_DIR)/asvecrpm $(BIN_DIR)/asvec-rpm-centos
 	sed -i.bak "s/VERSIONHERE/${rpm_ver}/g" $(BIN_DIR)/asvec-rpm-centos/asvec.spec
-	cp $(BIN_DIR)/asvec-linux-amd64 $(BIN_DIR)/asvec-rpm-centos/usr/local/aerospike/bin/asvec
+	cp $(BIN_DIR)/asvec-linux-amd64 $(BIN_DIR)/asvec-rpm-centos/opt/aerospike/bin/asvec
 	rm -f $(BIN_DIR)/asvec-linux-x86_64.rpm
 	bash -ce "cd $(BIN_DIR) && rpmbuild --target=x86_64-redhat-linux --buildroot \$$(pwd)/asvec-rpm-centos -bb asvec-rpm-centos/asvec.spec"
 	rm -f $(BIN_DIR)/packages/asvec-linux-amd64-${rpm_ver}.rpm
@@ -403,7 +407,7 @@ pkg-rpm-arm64:
 	rm -rf $(BIN_DIR)/asvec-rpm-centos
 	cp -a $(BIN_DIR)/asvecrpm $(BIN_DIR)/asvec-rpm-centos
 	sed -i.bak "s/VERSIONHERE/${rpm_ver}/g" $(BIN_DIR)/asvec-rpm-centos/asvec.spec
-	cp $(BIN_DIR)/asvec-linux-arm64 $(BIN_DIR)/asvec-rpm-centos/usr/local/aerospike/bin/asvec
+	cp $(BIN_DIR)/asvec-linux-arm64 $(BIN_DIR)/asvec-rpm-centos/opt/aerospike/bin/asvec
 	rm -f $(BIN_DIR)/asvec-linux-arm64.rpm
 	bash -ce "cd $(BIN_DIR) && rpmbuild --target=arm64-redhat-linux --buildroot \$$(pwd)/asvec-rpm-centos -bb asvec-rpm-centos/asvec.spec"
 	rm -f $(BIN_DIR)/packages/asvec-linux-arm64-${rpm_ver}.rpm
diff --git a/bin/asvecrpm/asvec.spec b/bin/asvecrpm/asvec.spec
index d8abe63..ffb9c6d 100644
--- a/bin/asvecrpm/asvec.spec
+++ b/bin/asvecrpm/asvec.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Buildroot: ./
 Name: asvec
 Version: VERSIONHERE
-Release: 2
+Release: 1
 Summary: Tool for deploying non-prod Aerospike server clusters on docker or in AWS
 License: see github.com/aerospike/asvec
 Group: aerospike
@@ -13,8 +13,10 @@ Group: aerospike
 
 %description
 
-
 Tool for deploying non-prod Aerospike server clusters on docker or in AWS
 
 %files
-"/usr/local/aerospike/bin/asvec"
+/opt/aerospike/bin/asvec
+
+%prep
+ln -sf /opt/aerospike/bin/asvec %{buildroot}/usr/bin/asvec