diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index e21fae65..dd60ae64 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -195,9 +195,6 @@ subdir('etc')
 subdir('init.d')
 subdir('local.d')
 subdir('man')
-if get_option('pam')
-subdir('pam')
-  endif
 if get_option('pkgconfig')
 subdir('pkgconfig')
   endif
diff --git a/pam/meson.build b/pam/meson.build
deleted file mode 100644
index 81c019ea..00000000
--- a/pam/meson.build
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-pam_dir =	get_option('sysconfdir') / 'pam.d'
-
-pam_files = [
-  'start-stop-daemon',
-  'supervise-daemon',
-  ]
-
-install_data(pam_files,
-  install_dir : pam_dir)
diff --git a/pam/start-stop-daemon b/pam/start-stop-daemon
deleted file mode 100644
index a1bada22..00000000
--- a/pam/start-stop-daemon
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-#%PAM-1.0
-
-auth            required        pam_permit.so
-account         required        pam_permit.so
-password        required        pam_deny.so
-session         optional        pam_limits.so
diff --git a/pam/supervise-daemon b/pam/supervise-daemon
deleted file mode 100644
index a1bada22..00000000
--- a/pam/supervise-daemon
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-#%PAM-1.0
-
-auth            required        pam_permit.so
-account         required        pam_permit.so
-password        required        pam_deny.so
-session         optional        pam_limits.so
diff --git a/src/rc/meson.build b/src/rc/meson.build
index c76587c2..8b3fd205 100644
--- a/src/rc/meson.build
+++ b/src/rc/meson.build
@@ -100,6 +100,14 @@ executable('start-stop-daemon',
   install: true,
   install_dir: sbindir)
 
+if get_option('pam')
+  pam_dir =	get_option('sysconfdir') / 'pam.d'
+
+  install_data('start-stop-daemon.pam',
+    rename : 'start-stop-daemon',
+    install_dir : pam_dir)
+endif
+  
 executable('supervise-daemon',
   ['supervise-daemon.c', rc_misc_c, rc_plugin_c, rc_schedules_c,
     usage_c, version_h],
@@ -110,6 +118,14 @@ executable('supervise-daemon',
   install: true,
   install_dir: sbindir)
 
+if get_option('pam')
+  pam_dir =	get_option('sysconfdir') / 'pam.d'
+
+  install_data('supervise-daemon.pam',
+    rename : 'supervise-daemon',
+    install_dir : pam_dir)
+endif
+  
 if os == 'Linux'
   executable('openrc-init',
     ['openrc-init.c', rc_plugin_c, rc_wtmp_c, version_h],