diff --git a/debian/quagga.install b/debian/quagga.install
index 5fd9e5c0fa..5587c72c8f 100644
--- a/debian/quagga.install
+++ b/debian/quagga.install
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-etc/quagga/
 usr/bin/vtysh
 usr/include/quagga/
 usr/lib/
diff --git a/debian/quagga.postinst b/debian/quagga.postinst
index 7b1d000d81..4611313c1d 100644
--- a/debian/quagga.postinst
+++ b/debian/quagga.postinst
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ quaggavtygid=`egrep "^quaggavty:" $GROUPFILE | awk -F ":" '{ print $3 }'`
 [ -n ${quaggaVTYgid} ] || (echo "No gid for quaggavty in ${GROUPFILE}" && /bin/false)
 
 chown -R ${quaggauid}:${quaggagid} /etc/quagga
+touch /etc/quagga/vtysh.conf
 chgrp ${quaggavtygid} /etc/quagga/vtysh*
 chmod 440 /etc/sudoers.d/quagga_sudoers
 chmod 644 /etc/quagga/*