diff --git a/service-mgmt/sm-db/database/Makefile b/service-mgmt/sm-db/database/Makefile
index 037eb80c..fb90edd1 100644
--- a/service-mgmt/sm-db/database/Makefile
+++ b/service-mgmt/sm-db/database/Makefile
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 install:
 	install -d ${DEST_DIR}/var/lib/sm
 	install -d ${DEST_DIR}/var/lib/sm/patches
+	install -d ${DEST_DIR}/usr/share/sm/patches
 	install sm.hb.db ${DEST_DIR}/var/lib/sm
 	install sm.db ${DEST_DIR}/var/lib/sm
-	install -m 644 sm-patch.sql ${DEST_DIR}/var/lib/sm/patches
-
+	install -m 644 sm-patch.sql ${DEST_DIR}/usr/share/sm/patches
diff --git a/service-mgmt/sm-db/debian/deb_folder/rules b/service-mgmt/sm-db/debian/deb_folder/rules
index d7c612e1..a044d874 100755
--- a/service-mgmt/sm-db/debian/deb_folder/rules
+++ b/service-mgmt/sm-db/debian/deb_folder/rules
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ override_dh_auto_build:
 	sqlite3 database/sm.hb.db < database/create_sm_hb_db.sql
 	dh_auto_build
 
+override_dh_install:
+	install -p -D -m 644 debian/tmpfiles.conf $(ROOT)/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/sm-db.conf
+	dh_install
+
 override_dh_auto_install:
 	$(MAKE) DEST_DIR=${ROOT} \
 		VER=$(VER) \
diff --git a/service-mgmt/sm-db/debian/deb_folder/sm-db.install b/service-mgmt/sm-db/debian/deb_folder/sm-db.install
index 5d8bffeb..574aee13 100644
--- a/service-mgmt/sm-db/debian/deb_folder/sm-db.install
+++ b/service-mgmt/sm-db/debian/deb_folder/sm-db.install
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 usr/lib/libsm_db.so.*
-var/lib/sm/patches/sm-patch.sql
+usr/share/sm/patches/sm-patch.sql
+usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/sm-db.conf
 
 # Marked on centos .spec file as "%config(noreplace)"
 var/lib/sm/sm.hb.db
diff --git a/service-mgmt/sm-db/debian/deb_folder/tmpfiles.conf b/service-mgmt/sm-db/debian/deb_folder/tmpfiles.conf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..606e02e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/service-mgmt/sm-db/debian/deb_folder/tmpfiles.conf
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+L+ /var/lib/sm/patches/sm-patch.sql - - - - /usr/share/sm/patches/sm-patch.sql