diff --git a/Scripts/Make-Package.ps1 b/Scripts/Make-Package.ps1
index c11bfd38c2489090a977bafd49841b4206a99af0..e0d96c24d85aec47c404b12c77af4e297e7c8dda 100644
--- a/Scripts/Make-Package.ps1
+++ b/Scripts/Make-Package.ps1
@@ -62,9 +62,10 @@ Copy-Item -Exclude *.pdb -Recurse "$($BinariesDirService)\*" $tgt
 Copy-Item -Exclude *.pdb -Recurse "$($BinariesDirTrayApp)\*" $tgt -EA Ignore
 Copy-Item -Exclude *.pdb -Recurse "$($BinariesDirCfgTest)\*" $tgt -EA Ignore
 # provide an up-to-date version of the example config file:
-Copy-Item -Recurse "$($RsrcDirCommon)\conf" "$($tgt)\conf-example"
+$example = New-Item -ItemType Container -Path $PkgDir -Name "conf-example"
+Copy-Item "$($RsrcDirCommon)\conf\config.common.xml" $example
+Copy-Item "$($RsrcDirCommon)\conf\host-specific.template.xml" $example
 
-Copy-Item -Recurse "$($RsrcDirCommon)\conf" "$($PkgDir)"
 Copy-Item "$($ResourceDir)\BuildDate.txt" "$($PkgDir)\AutoTx.log"
 Copy-Item "$($ResourceDir)\BuildConfiguration.txt" $($PkgDir)
 try {