diff --git a/repl/pom.xml b/repl/pom.xml
index 1c5cb2c7fb3a22d3bd4b786615b30e16cf9a7ba5..b6f0eed69403282aa7e215a0ffd5759b957e9af6 100644
--- a/repl/pom.xml
+++ b/repl/pom.xml
@@ -268,6 +268,17 @@
                         <filemode>744</filemode>
                       </mapper>
                     </data>
+                    <data>
+                      <src>${basedir}/../conf</src>
+                      <type>directory</type>
+                      <mapper>
+                        <type>perm</type>
+                        <user>${deb.user}</user>
+                        <group>${deb.user}</group>
+                        <prefix>${deb.install.path}/conf</prefix>
+                        <filemode>744</filemode>
+                      </mapper>
+                    </data>
                   </dataSet>
                 </configuration>
               </execution>