diff --git a/etc/debian/fpm-make.sh b/etc/debian/fpm-make.sh
index 1e2bcbe..f2dca6a 100755
--- a/etc/debian/fpm-make.sh
+++ b/etc/debian/fpm-make.sh
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ fpm -s dir \
         --vendor "OwnTracks.org" \
         -a "${arch}" \
         --maintainer 'jpmens@gmail.com' \
+	--deb-no-default-config-files \
         --description "A lightweight back-end for consuming OwnTracks data from an MQTT broker" \
         --license "https://github.com/owntracks/recorder/blob/master/LICENSE" \
         --url "http://owntracks.org" \