--- a/ipkg-build
+++ b/ipkg-build
@@ -160,12 +160,15 @@ You probably want to chown these to a sy
 	done
 
 	if [ -f $CONTROL/conffiles ]; then
-		for cf in `cat $CONTROL/conffiles`; do
-			if [ ! -f ./$cf ]; then
-				echo "*** Error: $CONTROL/conffiles mentions conffile $cf which does not exist" >&2
-				PKG_ERROR=1
-			fi
+		rm -f $CONTROL/conffiles.resolved
+
+		for cf in `$FIND $(sed -e "s!^/!$pkg_dir/!" $CONTROL/conffiles) -type f`; do
+			echo "${cf#$pkg_dir}" >> $CONTROL/conffiles.resolved
 		done
+
+		rm $CONTROL/conffiles
+		mv $CONTROL/conffiles.resolved $CONTROL/conffiles
+		chmod 0644 $CONTROL/conffiles
 	fi
 
 	cd $owd
