diff --git a/modules/rhizo_base/files/systemd/osmo-msc.override b/modules/rhizo_base/files/systemd/osmo-msc.override
deleted file mode 100644
index 234bf8a..0000000
--- a/modules/rhizo_base/files/systemd/osmo-msc.override
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-[Service]
-ExecStart=
-ExecStart=/usr/bin/osmo-msc -c /etc/osmocom/osmo-msc.cfg -l /var/lib/osmocom/sms.db
-ExecStartPost=/home/rhizomatica/bin/swap_lac.sh
diff --git a/modules/rhizo_base/manifests/osmocom.pp b/modules/rhizo_base/manifests/osmocom.pp
index c4e8523..f80edcd 100644
--- a/modules/rhizo_base/manifests/osmocom.pp
+++ b/modules/rhizo_base/manifests/osmocom.pp
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ class rhizo_base::osmocom {
                                             '^(\\d+)\\.(\\d+)\\.(\\d+)\\.(\\d+)$',
                                             '\\3-\\4')))
   $mgw_num_ep     =  hiera('rhizo::mgw_num_ep', $bts.size * 24)
+  $osmo_local_bin  = hiera('rhizo::osmo_local_bin', [])
 
   package { "osmocom-nitb":
      ensure   => 'absent'
@@ -165,8 +166,8 @@ class rhizo_base::osmocom {
     }
 
   systemd::dropin_file { 'override.conf':
-      unit    => 'osmo-msc.service',
-      source  => 'puppet:///modules/rhizo_base/systemd/osmo-msc.override'
+      unit     => 'osmo-msc.service',
+      content  => template('rhizo_base/osmo-msc.override.erb')
   }
 
   systemd::dropin_file { 'hlr-override':
diff --git a/modules/rhizo_base/templates/osmo-msc.override.erb b/modules/rhizo_base/templates/osmo-msc.override.erb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1224cd0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/rhizo_base/templates/osmo-msc.override.erb
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+[Service]
+ExecStart=
+ExecStart=/usr/<% if @osmo_local_bin.include? 'osmo-msc' -%>local/<% end -%>bin/osmo-msc -c /etc/osmocom/osmo-msc.cfg
+ExecStartPost=/home/rhizomatica/bin/swap_lac.sh