diff --git a/package/base-files/Makefile b/package/base-files/Makefile
index bd77d3438254aa7d545ae4702b1eb1679a673f32..e49b18975b902a93a0b4b01178b63efd1abbffa2 100644
--- a/package/base-files/Makefile
+++ b/package/base-files/Makefile
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ define Package/base-files/conffiles
 /etc/inittab
 /etc/group
 /etc/passwd
+/etc/shadow
 /etc/profile
 /etc/shells
 /etc/sysctl.conf