diff --git a/doc/examples/Makefile.am b/doc/examples/Makefile.am
index 5ed18ec5a46fdbc8f6575cd3356d22d49d0e12a1..427bad91449000cd64c975d1aace0ea80049510d 100644
--- a/doc/examples/Makefile.am
+++ b/doc/examples/Makefile.am
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
-EXTRA_DIST = ganeti.initd.in ganeti.cron
+EXTRA_DIST = ganeti.initd.in ganeti.cron.in
 CLEANFILES = $(nodist_EXTRA_DATA)
 
-nodist_EXTRA_DATA = ganeti.initd
+nodist_EXTRA_DATA = ganeti.initd ganeti.cron
 
-all-local: ganeti.initd
-ganeti.initd: ganeti.initd.in
+all-local: ganeti.initd ganeti.cron
+ganeti.%: ganeti.%.in
 	sed \
 	  -e "s#@PREFIX@#$(prefix)#g" \
 	  -e "s#@SYSCONFDIR@#$(sysconfdir)#g" \
 	  -e "s#@LOCALSTATEDIR@#$(localstatedir)#g" \
+	  -e "s#@SBINDIR@#$(sbindir)#g" \
 	< $< > $@
diff --git a/doc/examples/ganeti.cron b/doc/examples/ganeti.cron.in
similarity index 54%
rename from doc/examples/ganeti.cron
rename to doc/examples/ganeti.cron.in
index 813c284065925583ecefa259d3de95a6639b70a0..155411a5ce1b9fe69c230ae0c28cbb26257e05da 100644
--- a/doc/examples/ganeti.cron
+++ b/doc/examples/ganeti.cron.in
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin
 # restart failed instances
-*/5 * * * * root /usr/local/sbin/ganeti-watcher
+*/5 * * * * root [ -x @SBINDIR@/ganeti-watcher ] && @SBINDIR@/ganeti-watcher