diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 0973f8726..85e17fccc 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -166,6 +166,8 @@ set(ZM_DIR_SOUNDS "sounds" CACHE PATH
     "Location to look for optional sound files, default: sounds")
 set(ZM_PATH_ZMS "/cgi-bin/nph-zms" CACHE PATH
     "Web url to zms streaming server, default: /cgi-bin/nph-zms")
+set(ZM_PATH_SHUTDOWN "/sbin/shutdown" CACHE PATH
+    "Path to shutdown binary, default: /sbin/shutdown")
 
 # Advanced
 set(ZM_PATH_MAP "/dev/shm" CACHE PATH
diff --git a/distros/debian/rules b/distros/debian/rules
index 6185838e0..bf11ee2de 100755
--- a/distros/debian/rules
+++ b/distros/debian/rules
@@ -21,10 +21,11 @@ override_dh_auto_configure:
 		-DZM_CGIDIR=/usr/lib/zoneminder/cgi-bin \
 		-DZM_WEB_USER=www-data \
 		-DZM_WEB_GROUP=www-data \
-                -DZM_CONFIG_SUBDIR="/etc/zm/conf.d" \
+    -DZM_CONFIG_SUBDIR="/etc/zm/conf.d" \
 		-DZM_CONFIG_DIR="/etc/zm" \
-                -DZM_DIR_EVENTS="/var/cache/zoneminder/events"    \
-                -DZM_PATH_ZMS="/zm/cgi-bin/nph-zms"               
+    -DZM_DIR_EVENTS="/var/cache/zoneminder/events"    \
+    -DZM_PATH_SHUTDOWN="/sbin/shutdown"               \
+    -DZM_PATH_ZMS="/zm/cgi-bin/nph-zms"               
 
 override_dh_auto_install:
 	dh_auto_install --buildsystem=cmake
diff --git a/distros/ubuntu1204/rules b/distros/ubuntu1204/rules
index 20dd303f8..657697fcf 100755
--- a/distros/ubuntu1204/rules
+++ b/distros/ubuntu1204/rules
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ override_dh_auto_configure:
             -DZM_CGIDIR="/usr/lib/zoneminder/cgi-bin"         \
             -DZM_CACHEDIR="/var/cache/zoneminder/cache"       \
             -DZM_DIR_EVENTS="/var/cache/zoneminder/events"    \
+            -DZM_PATH_SHUTDOWN="/sbin/shutdown"               \
             -DZM_PATH_ZMS="/zm/cgi-bin/nph-zms"               
 
 override_dh_clean:
diff --git a/distros/ubuntu1604/rules b/distros/ubuntu1604/rules
index 98b9ac0a2..c671a1b03 100755
--- a/distros/ubuntu1604/rules
+++ b/distros/ubuntu1604/rules
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ override_dh_auto_configure:
             -DZM_CGIDIR="/usr/lib/zoneminder/cgi-bin"  \
             -DZM_CACHEDIR="/var/cache/zoneminder/cache"  \
             -DZM_DIR_EVENTS="/var/cache/zoneminder/events"    \
+            -DZM_PATH_SHUTDOWN="/sbin/shutdown"        \
             -DZM_PATH_ZMS="/zm/cgi-bin/nph-zms"
 
 override_dh_clean:
diff --git a/misc/CMakeLists.txt b/misc/CMakeLists.txt
index 990b8ce06..f794241a8 100644
--- a/misc/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/misc/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ configure_file(com.zoneminder.systemctl.rules.in "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/co
 configure_file(zoneminder.service.in "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/zoneminder.service" @ONLY)
 configure_file(zoneminder-tmpfiles.conf.in "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/zoneminder-tmpfiles.conf" @ONLY)
 configure_file(zoneminder.desktop.in "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/zoneminder.desktop" @ONLY)
+configure_file(zm-sudo.in "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/zm-sudo" @ONLY)
 
 # Do not install the misc files by default
 #install(FILES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/apache.conf" "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/logrotate.conf" "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/syslog.conf" DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_DATADIR}/zoneminder/misc")
diff --git a/web/includes/actions/shutdown.php b/web/includes/actions/shutdown.php
index f6d31b4f4..4d7a4ee78 100644
--- a/web/includes/actions/shutdown.php
+++ b/web/includes/actions/shutdown.php
@@ -27,18 +27,18 @@ if ( $action ) {
   if ( $action == 'shutdown' ) {
     $output = array();
     $rc = 0;
-    exec("sudo -n /sbin/shutdown -P $when 2>&1", $output, $rc);
+    exec('sudo -n '.ZM_PATH_SHUTDOWN." -P $when 2>&1", $output, $rc);
     #exec('sudo -n /bin/systemctl poweroff -i 2>&1', $output, $rc);
     ZM\Logger::Debug("Shutdown output $rc " . implode("\n",$output));
     #ZM\Logger::Debug("Shutdown output " . shell_exec('/bin/systemctl poweroff -i 2>&1'));
   } else if ( $action == 'restart' ) {
     $output = array();
-    exec("sudo -n /sbin/shutdown -r $when 2>&1", $output);
+    exec('sudo -n '.ZM_PATH_SHUTDOWN." -r $when 2>&1", $output);
     #exec('sudo -n /bin/systemctl reboot -i 2>&1', $output);
     ZM\Logger::Debug("Shutdown output " . implode("\n",$output));
   } else if ( $action == 'cancel' ) {
     $output = array();
-    exec('sudo /sbin/shutdown -c 2>&1', $output);
+    exec('sudo '.ZM_PATH_SHUTDOWN.' -c 2>&1', $output);
   }
 } # end if action
 ?>