diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 3b8dd8e..bc36ead 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
  libyajl-dev,
  libpcap0.8-dev,
  libnuma-dev [amd64 arm64 i386 ia64 mips mipsel powerpc ppc64 ppc64el],
+ numad [amd64 arm64 i386 ia64 mips mipsel powerpc ppc64 ppc64el],
  radvd [linux-any],
  libnetcf-dev (>= 1:0.2.3-3~) [linux-any],
  libsanlock-dev [linux-any],
@@ -106,6 +107,7 @@
  netcat-openbsd,
 Suggests:
  libvirt-daemon-system,
+ numad,
 Description: Virtualization daemon
  Libvirt is a C toolkit to interact with the virtualization capabilities
  of recent versions of Linux (and other OSes). The library aims at providing
diff --git a/debian/patches/configure-Prefer-usr-bin-over-bin-for-numad.patch b/debian/patches/configure-Prefer-usr-bin-over-bin-for-numad.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..59237b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/patches/configure-Prefer-usr-bin-over-bin-for-numad.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+From: =?utf-8?q?Guido_G=C3=BCnther?= <agx@sigxcpu.org>
+Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2016 14:24:53 +0100
+Subject: configure: Prefer /usr/bin over /bin for numad
+
+This makes sure the daemon is found in /usr/bin even with usrmerge
+installed during build (where /bin/ is symlinked to /usr/bin) but not on
+the system that runs the binary.
+
+Submitted-By: Guilhem Moulin
+---
+ configure.ac | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
+index a17874b..565a2cb 100644
+--- a/configure.ac
++++ b/configure.ac
+@@ -1501,7 +1501,7 @@ AC_ARG_WITH([numad],
+ if test "$with_numad" != "no" ; then
+   fail=0
+ 
+-  AC_PATH_PROG([NUMAD], [numad], [], [/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin])
++  AC_PATH_PROG([NUMAD], [numad], [], [/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin])
+ 
+   if test "$with_numad" = "check"; then
+     test "$with_numactl" = "yes" || fail=1
diff --git a/debian/patches/series b/debian/patches/series
index 651cca6..706684c 100644
--- a/debian/patches/series
+++ b/debian/patches/series
@@ -15,3 +15,4 @@
 virt-aa-helper-apparmor-allow-usr-share-OVMF-too.patch
 Set-defaults-for-zfs-tools.patch
 Unbreak-rebuilding-docs-with-release-tarballs.patch
+configure-Prefer-usr-bin-over-bin-for-numad.patch
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index ec557c4..6e0a416 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -45,9 +45,9 @@
       WITH_DTRACE     = --without-dtrace
   endif
   ifneq (,$(findstring $(DEB_HOST_ARCH), amd64 arm64 i386 ia64 mips mipsel powerpc ppc64el))
-      WITH_NUMA       = --with-numactl
-  else
-      WITH_NUMA       = --without-numactl
+      WITH_NUMA       = --with-numactl --with-numad
+  else
+      WITH_NUMA       = --without-numactl --without-numad
   endif
   ifneq (,$(findstring $(DEB_HOST_ARCH), ia64))
       WITH_LXC        = --without-lxc
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
   WITH_MACVTAP        = --without-macvtap
   WITH_NETWORK        = --without-network
   WITH_LXC            = --without-lxc
-  WITH_NUMA           = --without-numactl
+  WITH_NUMA           = --without-numactl --without-numad
   WITH_NETCF          = --without-netcf
   WITH_INIT_SCRIPT    =	--with-init-script=none
   WITH_SYSTEMD        = --without-systemd-daemon