diff --git a/packaging/deb/control/postinst b/packaging/deb/control/postinst
index c71d11bcbde..b38f9edadef 100755
--- a/packaging/deb/control/postinst
+++ b/packaging/deb/control/postinst
@@ -29,12 +29,14 @@ case "$1" in
   if [ ! -f $CONF_FILE ]; then
     cp /usr/share/grafana/conf/sample.ini $CONF_FILE
     cp /usr/share/grafana/conf/ldap.toml /etc/grafana/ldap.toml
-
-    mkdir -p /etc/grafana/dashboards /etc/grafana/datasources
-    cp /usr/share/grafana/conf/dashboards/sample.yaml /etc/grafana/dashboards/sample.yaml
-    cp /usr/share/grafana/conf/datasources/sample.yaml /etc/grafana/datasources/sample.yaml
   fi
 
+   if [ ! -f $DATASOURCES_CFG_DIR ]; then
+    mkdir -p /etc/grafana/dashboards /etc/grafana/datasources
+    cp /usr/share/grafana/conf/dashboards/sample.yaml $DASHBOARDS_CFG_DIR/sample.yaml
+    cp /usr/share/grafana/conf/datasources/sample.yaml $DATASOURCES_CFG_DIR/sample.yaml
+  fi 
+
 	# configuration files should not be modifiable by grafana user, as this can be a security issue
 	chown -Rh root:$GRAFANA_GROUP /etc/grafana/*
 	chmod 755 /etc/grafana
diff --git a/packaging/rpm/control/postinst b/packaging/rpm/control/postinst
index 07ddbc178de..68e556b7f2d 100755
--- a/packaging/rpm/control/postinst
+++ b/packaging/rpm/control/postinst
@@ -43,12 +43,14 @@ if [ $1 -eq 1 ] ; then
   if [ ! -f $CONF_FILE ]; then
     cp /usr/share/grafana/conf/sample.ini $CONF_FILE
     cp /usr/share/grafana/conf/ldap.toml /etc/grafana/ldap.toml
-
-    mkdir -p /etc/grafana/dashboards /etc/grafana/datasources
-    cp /usr/share/grafana/conf/dashboards/sample.yaml /etc/grafana/dashboards/sample.yaml
-    cp /usr/share/grafana/conf/datasources/sample.yaml /etc/grafana/datasources/sample.yaml
   fi
 
+  if [ ! -f $DATASOURCES_CFG_DIR ]; then
+    mkdir -p /etc/grafana/dashboards /etc/grafana/datasources
+    cp /usr/share/grafana/conf/dashboards/sample.yaml $DASHBOARDS_CFG_DIR/sample.yaml
+    cp /usr/share/grafana/conf/datasources/sample.yaml $DATASOURCES_CFG_DIR/sample.yaml
+  fi 
+
  	# Set user permissions on /var/log/grafana, /var/lib/grafana
 	mkdir -p /var/log/grafana /var/lib/grafana
 	chown -R $GRAFANA_USER:$GRAFANA_GROUP /var/log/grafana /var/lib/grafana