--- a/scripts/package/builddeb
+++ b/scripts/package/builddeb
@@ -125,7 +125,10 @@
 
 	CC="${DEB_HOST_GNU_TYPE}-gcc" "${srctree}/scripts/package/install-extmod-build" "${pdir}/usr/src/linux-headers-${version}"
 
-	mkdir -p $pdir/lib/modules/$version/
+	mkdir -p "${pdir}/usr/src/linux-headers-${version}/"
+	cp .config "${pdir}/usr/src/linux-headers-${version}/.config"
+    
+    mkdir -p $pdir/lib/modules/$version/
 	ln -s /usr/src/linux-headers-$version $pdir/lib/modules/$version/build
 }