diff --git a/net/xinetd/Makefile b/net/xinetd/Makefile
index f318f6291..84f915307 100644
--- a/net/xinetd/Makefile
+++ b/net/xinetd/Makefile
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ endef
 
 define Package/xinetd/conffiles
 /etc/config/xinetd
+/etc/xinetd.d
 endef
 
 TARGET_CFLAGS += -DNO_RPC