diff --git a/nagios-nrpe/defaults/main.yml b/nagios-nrpe/defaults/main.yml
index df56eb7d..b02a8be5 100644
--- a/nagios-nrpe/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/nagios-nrpe/defaults/main.yml
@@ -4,4 +4,5 @@ nagios_nrpe_ldap_dc: "dc=DOMAIN,dc=EXT"
 nagios_nrpe_ldap_passwd: LDAP_PASSWD
 nagios_nrpe_pgsql_passwd: PGSQL_PASSWD
 nagios_nrpe_amavis_from: "foobar@{{ ansible_domain }}"
-nagios_plugins_directory: "/etc/nagios/plugins"
+
+nagios_plugins_directory: "/usr/local/lib/nagios/plugins"
diff --git a/nagios-nrpe/tasks/debian.yml b/nagios-nrpe/tasks/debian.yml
index f0e3e80a..ada07de3 100644
--- a/nagios-nrpe/tasks/debian.yml
+++ b/nagios-nrpe/tasks/debian.yml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 - name: Nagios plugins are installed
   copy:
     src: plugins/
-    dest: /usr/local/lib/nagios/plugins/
+    dest: {{ nagios_plugins_directory }}/
     mode: "0755"
   notify: restart nagios-nrpe-server