diff --git a/utils/packpack/fixdebperms.patch b/utils/packpack/fixdebperms.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..276d3ba91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/packpack/fixdebperms.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+From cfeb12fc73a22782858754a335775e3bdab36956 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Andy Bauer <knnniggett@hotmail.com>
+Date: Sun, 5 Mar 2017 10:37:44 -0600
+Subject: [PATCH 1/2] fix permissions on zm.conf in deb pkg scripts
+
+---
+ distros/ubuntu1204/rules | 6 ++++--
+ distros/ubuntu1604/rules | 6 ++++--
+ 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/distros/ubuntu1204/rules b/distros/ubuntu1204/rules
+index b467c87..3f5c41c 100755
+--- a/distros/ubuntu1204/rules
++++ b/distros/ubuntu1204/rules
+@@ -58,8 +58,10 @@ override_dh_auto_install:
+ 
+ override_dh_fixperms:
+ 	dh_fixperms
+-	## 637685
+-	chmod -c o-r $(CURDIR)/debian/zoneminder/etc/zm/zm.conf
++	#
++	# As requested by the Debian Webapps Policy Manual §3.2.1
++	chown root:www-data debian/zoneminder-core/etc/zm/zm.conf
++	chmod 640 debian/zoneminder-core/etc/zm/zm.conf
+ 
+ override_dh_installinit:
+ 	dh_installinit --no-start
+diff --git a/distros/ubuntu1604/rules b/distros/ubuntu1604/rules
+index bf8012a..15c953e 100755
+--- a/distros/ubuntu1604/rules
++++ b/distros/ubuntu1604/rules
+@@ -58,8 +58,10 @@ override_dh_auto_install:
+ 
+ override_dh_fixperms:
+ 	dh_fixperms
+-	## 637685
+-	chmod -c o-r $(CURDIR)/debian/zoneminder/etc/zm/zm.conf
++	#
++	# As requested by the Debian Webapps Policy Manual §3.2.1
++	chown root:www-data debian/zoneminder-core/etc/zm/zm.conf
++	chmod 640 debian/zoneminder-core/etc/zm/zm.conf
+ 
+ override_dh_installinit:
+ 	dh_installinit --no-start
+
+From f66408b9983ef1161f0fa753d71dd0ed0b2fdb6b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Andy Bauer <knnniggett@hotmail.com>
+Date: Sun, 5 Mar 2017 10:50:09 -0600
+Subject: [PATCH 2/2] update the path to zm.conf
+
+---
+ distros/ubuntu1204/rules | 4 ++--
+ distros/ubuntu1604/rules | 4 ++--
+ 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/distros/ubuntu1204/rules b/distros/ubuntu1204/rules
+index 3f5c41c..2b54a21 100755
+--- a/distros/ubuntu1204/rules
++++ b/distros/ubuntu1204/rules
+@@ -60,8 +60,8 @@ override_dh_fixperms:
+ 	dh_fixperms
+ 	#
+ 	# As requested by the Debian Webapps Policy Manual §3.2.1
+-	chown root:www-data debian/zoneminder-core/etc/zm/zm.conf
+-	chmod 640 debian/zoneminder-core/etc/zm/zm.conf
++	chown root:www-data $(CURDIR)/debian/zoneminder/etc/zm/zm.conf
++	chmod 640 $(CURDIR)/debian/zoneminder/etc/zm/zm.conf
+ 
+ override_dh_installinit:
+ 	dh_installinit --no-start
+diff --git a/distros/ubuntu1604/rules b/distros/ubuntu1604/rules
+index 15c953e..c7fb001 100755
+--- a/distros/ubuntu1604/rules
++++ b/distros/ubuntu1604/rules
+@@ -60,8 +60,8 @@ override_dh_fixperms:
+ 	dh_fixperms
+ 	#
+ 	# As requested by the Debian Webapps Policy Manual §3.2.1
+-	chown root:www-data debian/zoneminder-core/etc/zm/zm.conf
+-	chmod 640 debian/zoneminder-core/etc/zm/zm.conf
++	chown root:www-data $(CURDIR)/debian/zoneminder/etc/zm/zm.conf
++	chmod 640 $(CURDIR)/debian/zoneminder/etc/zm/zm.conf
+ 
+ override_dh_installinit:
+ 	dh_installinit --no-start
diff --git a/utils/packpack/startpackpack.sh b/utils/packpack/startpackpack.sh
index fbc2306a6..b172e1dee 100755
--- a/utils/packpack/startpackpack.sh
+++ b/utils/packpack/startpackpack.sh
@@ -84,8 +84,6 @@ installtrusty () {
 
     # Install and test the zoneminder package (only) for Ubuntu Trusty
     sudo gdebi --non-interactive build/zoneminder_*amd64.deb
-    sudo chmod 644 /etc/zm/zm.conf 
-    sudo chgrp www-data /etc/zm/zm.conf
     mysql -uzmuser -pzmpass zm < db/test.monitor.sql
     sudo /usr/bin/zmpkg.pl start
     sudo /usr/bin/zmfilter.pl -f purgewhenfull
@@ -151,12 +149,11 @@ if [ "${TRAVIS_EVENT_TYPE}" == "cron" ] || [ "${TRAVIS}" != "true"  ]; then
     elif [ "${OS}" == "debian" ] || [ "${OS}" == "ubuntu" ]; then
         echo "Begin Debian build..."
 
-        # patch packpack to remove "debian" from the source tarball filename
-        # fixed upstream
-        # patch --dry-run --silent -f -p1 < utils/packpack/deb.mk.patch 2>/dev/null
-        #if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
-        #    patch -p1 < utils/packpack/deb.mk.patch
-        #fi
+        # patch debian build scripts to apply correct permissions to zm.conf
+        patch --dry-run --silent -f -p1 < utils/packpack/fixdebperms.patch 2>/dev/null
+        if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+            patch -p1 < utils/packpack/fixdebperms.patch
+        fi
 
         movecrud
 
@@ -178,6 +175,14 @@ if [ "${TRAVIS_EVENT_TYPE}" == "cron" ] || [ "${TRAVIS}" != "true"  ]; then
 
 # We were not triggered via cron so just build and test trusty
 elif [ "${OS}" == "ubuntu" ] && [ "${DIST}" == "trusty" ]; then
+    echo "Begin Ubuntu Trusty build..."
+
+    # patch debian build scripts to apply correct permissions to zm.conf
+    patch --dry-run --silent -f -p1 < utils/packpack/fixdebperms.patch 2>/dev/null
+    if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+        patch -p1 < utils/packpack/fixdebperms.patch
+    fi
+
     commonprep
     movecrud