diff --git a/manifests/params.pp b/manifests/params.pp
index c30647630b0c5b6fd289ad15cd038c6e42e0c29f..cec08826b969ce0b209daae339ee498eb890bc84 100644
--- a/manifests/params.pp
+++ b/manifests/params.pp
@@ -127,4 +127,10 @@ class freeradius::params {
     'Debian' => 'winbindd_priv',
     default  => 'wbpriv',
   }
+
+  $fr_libdir = $::osfamily ? {
+    'RedHat' => '/usr/lib64/freeradius',
+    'Debian' => '/usr/lib/freeradius',
+    default  => '/usr/lib64/freeradius',
+  }
 }