diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index d0ba55c..0983598 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ patroni (1.5.4-5) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
     argument.
   * debian/README.Debian: Add sections on pg_hba.conf and pg_rewind/postgres
     database password.
+  * debian/config.yml.in: Create pgpass file under /var/lib/postgresql.
 
  -- Debian PostgreSQL Maintainers <team+postgresql@tracker.debian.org>  Tue, 29 Jan 2019 11:22:38 +0100
 
diff --git a/debian/config.yml.in b/debian/config.yml.in
index 6d2f6d0..36b7bf1 100644
--- a/debian/config.yml.in
+++ b/debian/config.yml.in
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ postgresql:
   data_dir: /var/lib/postgresql/@VERSION@/@CLUSTER@
   bin_dir: /usr/lib/postgresql/@VERSION@/bin
   config_dir: /etc/postgresql/@VERSION@/@CLUSTER@
-  pgpass: /etc/postgresql/@VERSION@/@CLUSTER@/pgpass
+  pgpass: /var/lib/postgresql/@VERSION@-@CLUSTER@.pgpass
   authentication:
     replication:
       username: replicator