diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 1d04566..bca4129 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -85,3 +85,5 @@ freshrss_db_password: secure
 freshrss_db_ssl_mode: disable
 # @var freshrss_db_ssl_mode:description: This variable is only supported for `pgsql` DB type.
 freshrss_db_ssl_rootcert: /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt
+
+freshrss_docker_compose_bin: /usr/local/bin/docker-compose
diff --git a/tasks/setup.yml b/tasks/setup.yml
index e595641..86b2c83 100644
--- a/tasks/setup.yml
+++ b/tasks/setup.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
         owner: root
         group: root
         mode: 0644
-        validate: /bin/docker-compose -f %s config -q
+        validate: "{{ freshrss_docker_compose_bin }} -f %s config -q"
       notify: __freshrss_restart
 
     - name: Create systemd unit files
diff --git a/templates/etc/systemd/system/freshrss.service.j2 b/templates/etc/systemd/system/freshrss.service.j2
index 04adfd2..8698812 100644
--- a/templates/etc/systemd/system/freshrss.service.j2
+++ b/templates/etc/systemd/system/freshrss.service.j2
@@ -11,12 +11,12 @@ Type=simple
 TimeoutStartSec=15min
 Restart={{ freshrss_restart_policy }}
 
-ExecStartPre=/bin/docker-compose pull --quiet --ignore-pull-failures
-ExecStart=/usr/bin/docker-compose up --remove-orphans
+ExecStartPre={{ ttrss_docker_compose_bin }} pull --quiet --ignore-pull-failures
+ExecStart={{ ttrss_docker_compose_bin }} up --remove-orphans
 
-ExecStop=/usr/bin/docker-compose down --remove-orphans
+ExecStop={{ ttrss_docker_compose_bin }} down --remove-orphans
 
-ExecReload=/usr/bin/docker-compose pull --quiet --ignore-pull-failures
+ExecReload={{ ttrss_docker_compose_bin }} pull --quiet --ignore-pull-failures
 
 [Install]
 WantedBy=multi-user.target