diff --git a/docs/properties.md b/docs/properties.md
index 97c2e775..e37fc209 100644
--- a/docs/properties.md
+++ b/docs/properties.md
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ Cool! This phing-ism is what powers our environment-specific property layering a
 | `build.drupal.settings` | `conf/drupal/settings.php` | Source template for Drupal's `settings.php` file. |
 | `build.drupal.settings_dest` | `web/sites/default/settings.php` | Destination for the templated settings.php file. |
 | `build.drupal.services` | `conf/drupal/services.yml` | Source template for Drupal's `services.yml` file. |
+| `build.drupal.services_dest` | `web/sites/default/services.yml` | Destination for the templated `services.yml` file. |
 
 
 ### Drupal
diff --git a/tasks/drupal.xml b/tasks/drupal.xml
index 2fd07c28..74ccc80e 100644
--- a/tasks/drupal.xml
+++ b/tasks/drupal.xml
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
     <property name="build.drupal.settings" value="conf/drupal/settings.php" />
     <property name="build.drupal.settings_dest" value="${drupal.root}/sites/${drupal.sites_subdir}/settings.php" />
     <property name="build.drupal.services" value="conf/drupal/services.yml" />
+    <property name="build.drupal.services_dest" value="${drupal.root}/sites/${drupal.sites_subdir}/services.yml" />
 
     <!-- These properties will generally not change. -->
     <property name="drupal.sites_subdir" value="default" /> <!-- Directory within 'sites' dir in the drupal root -->
@@ -157,11 +158,10 @@
 
     <!-- Target: drupal-prepare-services -->
     <target name="drupal-prepare-services">
-        <fail unless="drupal.root" />
-        <fail unless="drupal.sites_subdir" />
         <fail unless="build.drupal.services" />
+        <fail unless="build.drupal.services_dest" />
 
-        <copy file="${build.dir}/${build.drupal.services}" tofile="${build.dir}/${drupal.root}/sites/${drupal.sites_subdir}/services.yml" overwrite="true" mode="644">
+        <copy file="${build.dir}/${build.drupal.services}" tofile="${build.dir}/${build.drupal.services_dest}" overwrite="true" mode="644">
             <filterchain>
                 <expandproperties />
             </filterchain>