diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 33627ba15..3e975c4f7 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -170,6 +170,10 @@ if(WITH_SCRIPTS)
   if(PACKAGE)
     message(STATUS "maxscale.conf will unpack to: /etc/ld.so.conf.d")
     message(STATUS "startup scripts will unpack to to: /etc/init.d")
+  install(FILES ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/maxscale DESTINATION ${MAXSCALE_SHAREDIR} 
+    PERMISSIONS OWNER_READ OWNER_WRITE OWNER_EXECUTE GROUP_READ GROUP_EXECUTE WORLD_READ WORLD_EXECUTE)
+  install(FILES ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/maxscale.conf DESTINATION ${MAXSCALE_SHAREDIR}
+    PERMISSIONS OWNER_READ OWNER_WRITE OWNER_EXECUTE GROUP_READ GROUP_EXECUTE WORLD_READ WORLD_EXECUTE)
   else()
   install(FILES ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/maxscale DESTINATION /etc/init.d 
     PERMISSIONS OWNER_READ OWNER_WRITE OWNER_EXECUTE GROUP_READ GROUP_EXECUTE WORLD_READ WORLD_EXECUTE)
diff --git a/etc/postinst.in b/etc/postinst.in
index 464e240f1..fa0c4271c 100755
--- a/etc/postinst.in
+++ b/etc/postinst.in
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@ mkdir -p /var/log/maxscale
 mkdir -p /var/cache/maxscale
 mkdir -p /var/run/maxscale
 mkdir -p @CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@/@MAXSCALE_SHARE_DIR@/
-cp @CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@/@MAXSCALE_SHARE_DIR@/maxscale /etc/init.d/
-cp @CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@/@MAXSCALE_SHARE_DIR@/maxscale.conf /etc/ld.so.conf.d/
+cp @CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@/@MAXSCALE_SHAREDIR@/maxscale /etc/init.d/
+cp @CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@/@MAXSCALE_SHAREDIR@/maxscale.conf /etc/ld.so.conf.d/
 /sbin/ldconfig