diff --git a/roles/nagios_server/files/nagios/private/resource.cfg b/roles/nagios_server/files/nagios/private/resource.cfg
index 386002ab46..88fe4cf852 100644
--- a/roles/nagios_server/files/nagios/private/resource.cfg
+++ b/roles/nagios_server/files/nagios/private/resource.cfg
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 ###########################################################################
 
 # Sets $USER1$ to be the path to the plugins
-$USER1$=/usr/lib/nagios/plugins
+$USER1$=/usr/lib64/nagios/plugins
 
 # Sets $USER2$ to be the path to event handlers
 #$USER2$=/usr/lib/nagios/plugins/eventhandlers
diff --git a/roles/nagios_server/tasks/main.yml b/roles/nagios_server/tasks/main.yml
index 7ca4f87e25..9a6ab553d6 100644
--- a/roles/nagios_server/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/nagios_server/tasks/main.yml
@@ -46,10 +46,10 @@
   template: src=nagios-httpd.conf dest=/etc/httpd/conf.d/nagios.conf
 
 - name: Create eventhandlers directory
-  file: dest=/usr/lib/nagios/plugins/eventhandlers/ state=directory
+  file: dest=/usr/lib64/nagios/plugins/eventhandlers/ state=directory
 
 - name: Copy plugins
-  copy: src=plugins dest=/usr/lib/nagios/plugins/ mode=0755 owner=root group=root
+  copy: src=plugins dest=/usr/lib64/nagios/plugins/ mode=0755 owner=root group=root
 
 # TODO: rhel7
 #- name: Copy xmpp plugin config