diff --git a/utils/tang/Makefile b/utils/tang/Makefile
index 994d13dc53..c9b159a190 100644
--- a/utils/tang/Makefile
+++ b/utils/tang/Makefile
@@ -39,9 +39,9 @@ endef
 
 define Package/tang/install
 	$(INSTALL_DIR)	$(1)/usr/bin
-	$(INSTALL_DIR)	$(1)/usr/libexec
+	$(INSTALL_DIR)	$(1)/usr/sbin
 	$(INSTALL_BIN)	$(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/bin/tang-show-keys	$(1)/usr/bin/
-	$(INSTALL_BIN)	$(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/libexec/tangd*		$(1)/usr/libexec/
+	$(INSTALL_BIN)  $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/libexec/tangd*		$(1)/usr/sbin/
 	$(INSTALL_DIR)  $(1)/etc/init.d
 	$(INSTALL_BIN)  ./files/tang.init $(1)/etc/init.d/tang
 	$(INSTALL_DIR)  $(1)/etc/config
diff --git a/utils/tang/files/tang.init b/utils/tang/files/tang.init
index 9ce89c1586..ea4045f2e1 100644
--- a/utils/tang/files/tang.init
+++ b/utils/tang/files/tang.init
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ start_service() {
 	KEYS=$(find /usr/share/tang/db -name "*.jw*" -maxdepth 1 | wc -l)
 	if [ -z "${KEYS}" ] || [ "${KEYS}" = "0" ]; then # if db is empty generate new key pair
 		mkdir -p /usr/share/tang/db
-		/usr/libexec/tangd-keygen /usr/share/tang/db
+		/usr/sbin/tangd-keygen /usr/share/tang/db
 	fi
 
 	config_load "tang"
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ start_service() {
 	[ "${enabled}" = "1" ] || return
 
 	procd_open_instance
-	procd_set_param command /usr/libexec/tangd -p "${port}" -l /usr/share/tang/db
+	procd_set_param command /usr/sbin/tangd -p "${port}" -l /usr/share/tang/db
 	procd_set_param respawn
 	procd_set_param user tang
 	procd_close_instance