diff --git a/rpm/mongo.spec b/rpm/mongo.spec
index 51624190003..957284b4276 100644
--- a/rpm/mongo.spec
+++ b/rpm/mongo.spec
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ fi
 #%{_mandir}/man1/mongod.1*
 %{_mandir}/man1/mongos.1*
 /etc/rc.d/init.d/mongod
-/etc/sysconfig/mongod
+%config(noreplace) /etc/sysconfig/mongod
 #/etc/rc.d/init.d/mongos
 %attr(0755,mongod,mongod) %dir /var/lib/mongo
 %attr(0755,mongod,mongod) %dir /var/log/mongo