diff --git a/network/net-snmp/net-snmp.conf b/network/net-snmp/net-snmp.conf
index fada92c28..3260b4ab8 100644
--- a/network/net-snmp/net-snmp.conf
+++ b/network/net-snmp/net-snmp.conf
@@ -33,3 +33,10 @@ if pkginstalled openssl; then
 else
 	var_append extraconfopt ' ' --without-openssl
 fi
+
+pkg_net_snmp_postmake() {
+	# create $sysconfdit/snmp and copy example snmpd.conf
+	mkdir $root$sysconfdir/snmp
+	install -m 600 EXAMPLE.conf $root$sysconfdir/snmp/snmpd.conf.sample
+}
+hook_add postmake 9 'pkg_net_snmp_postmake'