diff --git a/roles/openqa/worker/files/openqa-ppc64-prep.service b/roles/openqa/worker/files/openqa-ppc64-prep.service
index 2f1a92bfcd..5aadc100b8 100644
--- a/roles/openqa/worker/files/openqa-ppc64-prep.service
+++ b/roles/openqa/worker/files/openqa-ppc64-prep.service
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Description=openQA ppc64 worker prep script
 
 [Service]
 Type=oneshot
-ExecStart=/usr/local/sbin/openqa-ppc64-prep.sh
+ExecStart=/etc/cron.hourly/openqa-ppc64-prep
 ExecReload=/bin/true
 ExecStop=/bin/true
 RemainAfterExit=yes
diff --git a/roles/openqa/worker/tasks/main.yml b/roles/openqa/worker/tasks/main.yml
index 9807ee3730..871afdfbb5 100644
--- a/roles/openqa/worker/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/openqa/worker/tasks/main.yml
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@
   - packages
   when: "ansible_architecture is defined and ansible_architecture == 'x86_64'"
 
-- name: Install boot script (to set /dev/kvm perms and disable SMT) (ppc64 only)
-  copy: src=openqa-ppc64-prep.sh dest=/usr/local/sbin/openqa-ppc64-prep.sh owner=root group=root mode=0755
+- name: Install script to set /dev/kvm perms and disable SMT (ppc64 only)
+  copy: src=openqa-ppc64-prep.sh dest=/etc/cron.hourly/openqa-ppc64-prep owner=root group=root mode=0755
   when: "ansible_architecture is defined and ansible_architecture == 'ppc64le'"
 
 - name: Install systemd service to run boot script (ppc64 only)