diff --git a/packaging/deb/control/postinst b/packaging/deb/control/postinst
index 351c966a8e6..049061ac2dd 100755
--- a/packaging/deb/control/postinst
+++ b/packaging/deb/control/postinst
@@ -32,10 +32,14 @@ case "$1" in
   fi
 
   if [ ! -f $PROVISIONING_CFG_DIR ]; then
-    mkdir -p $PROVISIONING_CFG_DIR/dashboards $PROVISIONING_CFG_DIR/datasources
+    mkdir -p $PROVISIONING_CFG_DIR/dashboards $PROVISIONING_CFG_DIR/datasources $PROVISIONING_CFG_DIR/notifiers
     cp /usr/share/grafana/conf/provisioning/dashboards/sample.yaml $PROVISIONING_CFG_DIR/dashboards/sample.yaml
     cp /usr/share/grafana/conf/provisioning/datasources/sample.yaml $PROVISIONING_CFG_DIR/datasources/sample.yaml
-  fi 
+    cp /usr/share/grafana/conf/provisioning/notifiers/sample.yaml $PROVISIONING_CFG_DIR/notifiers/sample.yaml
+  elif [ ! -f $PROVISIONING_CFG_DIR/notifiers ]; then
+    mkdir -p $PROVISIONING_CFG_DIR/notifiers
+    cp /usr/share/grafana/conf/provisioning/notifiers/sample.yaml $PROVISIONING_CFG_DIR/notifiers/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/*
diff --git a/packaging/rpm/control/postinst b/packaging/rpm/control/postinst
index e75850f258e..0187fc82cc5 100755
--- a/packaging/rpm/control/postinst
+++ b/packaging/rpm/control/postinst
@@ -46,10 +46,14 @@ if [ $1 -eq 1 ] ; then
   fi
 
   if [ ! -f $PROVISIONING_CFG_DIR ]; then
-    mkdir -p $PROVISIONING_CFG_DIR/dashboards $PROVISIONING_CFG_DIR/datasources
+    mkdir -p $PROVISIONING_CFG_DIR/dashboards $PROVISIONING_CFG_DIR/datasources $PROVISIONING_CFG_DIR/notifiers
     cp /usr/share/grafana/conf/provisioning/dashboards/sample.yaml $PROVISIONING_CFG_DIR/dashboards/sample.yaml
     cp /usr/share/grafana/conf/provisioning/datasources/sample.yaml $PROVISIONING_CFG_DIR/datasources/sample.yaml
-  fi 
+    cp /usr/share/grafana/conf/provisioning/notifiers/sample.yaml $PROVISIONING_CFG_DIR/notifiers/sample.yaml
+  elif [ ! -f $PROVISIONING_CFG_DIR/notifiers ]; then
+    mkdir -p $PROVISIONING_CFG_DIR/notifiers
+    cp /usr/share/grafana/conf/provisioning/notifiers/sample.yaml $PROVISIONING_CFG_DIR/notifiers/sample.yaml
+  fi
 
  	# Set user permissions on /var/log/grafana, /var/lib/grafana
 	mkdir -p /var/log/grafana /var/lib/grafana