diff --git a/ap_tools/Makefile b/ap_tools/Makefile
index 77fe4c3b..a79624a0 100644
--- a/ap_tools/Makefile
+++ b/ap_tools/Makefile
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 include ../common.mak
 
-MDEVCTL_DIR = /etc/mdevctl.d/
-MDEVCTL_SCRIPTS = /etc/mdevctl.d/scripts.d/
-MDEVCTL_CALLOUTS = /etc/mdevctl.d/scripts.d/callouts/
+MDEVCTL_DIR = /usr/lib/mdevctl/
+MDEVCTL_SCRIPTS = /usr/lib/mdevctl/scripts.d/
+MDEVCTL_CALLOUTS = /usr/lib/mdevctl/scripts.d/callouts/
+MDEVCTL_DEP_DIR = /etc/mdevctl.d/
+MDEVCTL_DEP_SCRIPTS = /etc/mdevctl.d/scripts.d/
+MDEVCTL_DEP_CALLOUTS = /etc/mdevctl.d/scripts.d/callouts/
 
 libs =	$(rootdir)/libap/libap.a \
 	$(rootdir)/libutil/libutil.a
@@ -32,6 +35,17 @@ install: all
 	fi; \
 	$(INSTALL) -g $(GROUP) -o $(OWNER) -m 755 ap-check \
 		$(DESTDIR)$(MDEVCTL_CALLOUTS)
+	@if [ ! -d $(DESTDIR)$(MDEVCTL_DEP_CALLOUTS) ]; then \
+		mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(MDEVCTL_DEP_CALLOUTS); \
+		chown $(OWNER).$(GROUP) $(DESTDIR)$(MDEVCTL_DEP_DIR); \
+		chown $(OWNER).$(GROUP) $(DESTDIR)$(MDEVCTL_DEP_SCRIPTS); \
+		chown $(OWNER).$(GROUP) $(DESTDIR)$(MDEVCTL_DEP_CALLOUTS); \
+		chmod 755 $(DESTDIR)$(MDEVCTL_DEP_DIR); \
+		chmod 755 $(DESTDIR)$(MDEVCTL_DEP_SCRIPTS); \
+		chmod 755 $(DESTDIR)$(MDEVCTL_DEP_CALLOUTS); \
+	fi; \
+	$(INSTALL) -g $(GROUP) -o $(OWNER) -m 755 ap-check.sh \
+		$(DESTDIR)$(MDEVCTL_DEP_CALLOUTS)
 endif
 
 clean:
diff --git a/ap_tools/ap-check.sh b/ap_tools/ap-check.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d8a4e779
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ap_tools/ap-check.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# ap-check.sh - Wrapper script for 'ap-check' binary
+#
+# mdevctl has deprecated the /etc/mdevctl.d/scripts.d/callouts/ location in
+# newer releases.  This wrapper ensures that mdevctl 1.2.0 and older can
+# still access 'ap-check' for now, and will be removed at a later time.
+#
+# Copyright 2022 IBM Corp.
+#
+# s390-tools is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the MIT license. See LICENSE for details.
+#
+
+[ -e /usr/lib/mdevctl/scripts.d/callouts/ap-check ] && /usr/lib/mdevctl/scripts.d/callouts/ap-check "$@"