diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/sudo/sudo.inc b/meta/recipes-extended/sudo/sudo.inc
index 6de984a9f5..1d7e541024 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-extended/sudo/sudo.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/sudo/sudo.inc
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ inherit autotools
 PACKAGECONFIG ??= ""
 PACKAGECONFIG[zlib] = "--enable-zlib,--disable-zlib,zlib"
 
+CONFFILES_${PN} = "${sysconfdir}/sudoers"
+
 EXTRA_OECONF = "--with-editor=/bin/vi --with-env-editor"
 
 do_configure_prepend () {