diff --git a/ipaserver/install/dsinstance.py b/ipaserver/install/dsinstance.py
index 49762ede3..ca04457a9 100644
--- a/ipaserver/install/dsinstance.py
+++ b/ipaserver/install/dsinstance.py
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ Suffix=   $SUFFIX
 RootDN=   cn=Directory Manager
 RootDNPwd= $PASSWORD
 InstallLdifFile= /var/lib/dirsrv/boot.ldif
+inst_dir=   /var/lib/dirsrv/scripts-$SERVERID
 """
 
 BASE_TEMPLATE = """