diff --git a/debian/patches/04_lmstat_path b/debian/patches/04_lmstat_path
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..89b1d23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/patches/04_lmstat_path
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- a/plugins-scripts/utils.pm.in
++++ b/plugins-scripts/utils.pm.in
+@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
+ ## updated by autoconf
+ $PATH_TO_SUDO    = "@PATH_TO_SUDO@";
+ $PATH_TO_RPCINFO = "@PATH_TO_RPCINFO@" ;
+-$PATH_TO_LMSTAT  = "@PATH_TO_LMSTAT@" ;
++$PATH_TO_LMSTAT  = "/usr/local/bin/lmstat" ;
+ $PATH_TO_SMBCLIENT = "@PATH_TO_SMBCLIENT@" ;
+ $PATH_TO_MAILQ   = "@PATH_TO_MAILQ@";
+ $PATH_TO_QMAIL_QSTAT = "@PATH_TO_QMAIL_QSTAT@";
diff --git a/debian/patches/series b/debian/patches/series
index cfcccca..b74f261 100644
--- a/debian/patches/series
+++ b/debian/patches/series
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 02_check_icmp_links
 03_epn
+04_lmstat_path
 # commited upstream
 10_check_curl_fix_redirects
 11_check_curl_raise_ssl_issue