diff --git a/src/etc/inc/interfaces.inc b/src/etc/inc/interfaces.inc
index b7397b17c4..0895a8e218 100644
--- a/src/etc/inc/interfaces.inc
+++ b/src/etc/inc/interfaces.inc
@@ -2870,7 +2870,7 @@ EOD;
 	/* set ack timers according to users preference (if he/she has any) */
 	if ($distance) {
 		fwrite($fd_set, "# Enable ATH distance settings\n");
-		fwrite($fd_set, "/sbin/athctrl.sh -i {$baseif} -d {$distance}\n");
+		fwrite($fd_set, "/usr/local/sbin/athctrl.sh -i {$baseif} -d {$distance}\n");
 	}
 
 	if (isset($wlcfg['wpa']['enable'])) {
diff --git a/src/etc/pfSense.obsoletedfiles b/src/etc/pfSense.obsoletedfiles
index 8e7a55d3c8..e7781efba1 100644
--- a/src/etc/pfSense.obsoletedfiles
+++ b/src/etc/pfSense.obsoletedfiles
@@ -166,6 +166,7 @@
 /lib/libz.so.5
 /root/latest.tgz.sha256
 /sbin/atacontrol
+/sbin/athctrl.sh
 /sbin/idmapd
 /sbin/ip6fw
 /sbin/mount_devfs
diff --git a/src/sbin/athctrl.sh b/src/usr/local/sbin/athctrl.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from src/sbin/athctrl.sh
rename to src/usr/local/sbin/athctrl.sh