diff --git a/utils/smartmontools/Makefile b/utils/smartmontools/Makefile
index c35d2d71b..44f3190c8 100644
--- a/utils/smartmontools/Makefile
+++ b/utils/smartmontools/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=smartmontools
 PKG_VERSION:=5.37
-PKG_RELEASE:=1
+PKG_RELEASE:=2
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@SF/smartmontools
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ define Package/smartmontools/install
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/etc
 	$(INSTALL_DATA) ./files/smartd.conf $(1)/etc
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/etc/init.d
-	$(INSTALL_DATA) ./files/smartd.init $(1)/etc/init.d/smartd
+	$(INSTALL_BIN) ./files/smartd.init $(1)/etc/init.d/smartd
 endef
 
 $(eval $(call BuildPackage,smartmontools))