diff --git a/contrib/packaging/CentOS/7/reopenldap.spec b/contrib/packaging/CentOS/7/reopenldap.spec
index 0950de79f2..f8d0cf20fe 100644
--- a/contrib/packaging/CentOS/7/reopenldap.spec
+++ b/contrib/packaging/CentOS/7/reopenldap.spec
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ exit 0
 %doc README.OpenLDAP
 %dir %{_sysconfdir}/openldap
 %dir %{_sysconfdir}/openldap/certs
-%config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/openldap/ldap.conf
+%ghost %config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/openldap/ldap.conf
 %{_libdir}/reopenldap/libreldap*.so*
 %{_libdir}/reopenldap/libreslapi*.so*
 #%{_mandir}/man5/ldif.5*