diff --git a/package/network/services/samba36/Makefile b/package/network/services/samba36/Makefile
index 22d0a7fe24..d440495aff 100644
--- a/package/network/services/samba36/Makefile
+++ b/package/network/services/samba36/Makefile
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ endef
 
 define Package/samba36-server/install
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/etc/config
-	$(INSTALL_DATA) ./files/samba.config $(1)/etc/config/samba
+	$(INSTALL_CONF) ./files/samba.config $(1)/etc/config/samba
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/etc/samba
 	$(INSTALL_DATA) ./files/smb.conf.template $(1)/etc/samba
 	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/codepages/lowcase.dat $(1)/etc/samba