diff --git a/package/config/confdata.c b/package/config/confdata.c
index 55cb94fdf3..144b15c043 100644
--- a/package/config/confdata.c
+++ b/package/config/confdata.c
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 const char conf_def_filename[] = ".config";
 
-const char conf_defname[] = "defconfig";
+const char conf_defname[] = ".defconfig";
 
 const char *conf_confnames[] = {
 	".config",