diff --git a/cmd/krel/templates/latest/kubeadm/kubeadm.spec b/cmd/krel/templates/latest/kubeadm/kubeadm.spec
index 53235923511..baa58916d26 100644
--- a/cmd/krel/templates/latest/kubeadm/kubeadm.spec
+++ b/cmd/krel/templates/latest/kubeadm/kubeadm.spec
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ Requires: {{ $dep.Name }} {{ $dep.VersionConstraint }}
 
 %if "%{_vendor}" == "debbuild"
 BuildRequires: systemd-deb-macros
+BuildRequires: sed
 %else
 BuildRequires: systemd-rpm-macros
 %endif
@@ -41,6 +42,10 @@ KUBE_ARCH="$(uname -m)"
 mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_bindir}
 mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_unitdir}/kubelet.service.d/
 
+%if "%{_vendor}" == "debbuild"
+sed -i 's;/etc/sysconfig/kubelet;/etc/default/kubelet;g' 10-kubeadm.conf
+%endif
+
 install -p -m 755 ${KUBE_ARCH}/kubeadm %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/kubeadm
 install -p -m 644 10-kubeadm.conf %{buildroot}%{_unitdir}/kubelet.service.d/10-kubeadm.conf