diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 0b3c07ad..d2b6456e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ fail2ban.1x: fail2ban fail2ban.h2m
 
 install:: all
 	python setup.py install --root=debian/fail2ban/
+	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)/etc
+	cp config/fail2ban.conf.default $(DESTDIR)/etc/fail2ban.conf
+	
 
 clean::
 	rm -rf changelog.gz fail2ban.1x build* `find -iname '*.pyc' `