diff --git a/roles/memcached/tasks/main.yml b/roles/memcached/tasks/main.yml
index 6dc63e687b..7ad54bdf75 100644
--- a/roles/memcached/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/memcached/tasks/main.yml
@@ -21,12 +21,12 @@
   - memcached
 
 - name: make systemd override dir
-  file: state=directory path=/etc/systemd/system/memcached.d mode=0755 owner=root group=root
+  file: state=directory path=/usr/lib/systemd/system/memcached.d mode=0755 owner=root group=root
   tags:
   - memcached
 
 - name: make systemd override config
-  copy: src=memcached-systemdoverride.conf dest=/etc/systemd/system/memcached.d/
+  copy: src=memcached-systemdoverride.conf dest=/usr/lib/systemd/system/memcached.d/
   tags:
   - memcached
   notify: