diff --git a/fail2ban/config b/fail2ban/config
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a611f7343
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fail2ban/config
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+config_dir=/etc/fail2ban
+client_cmd=fail2ban-client
+server_cmd=fail2ban-server
+init_script=fail2ban
diff --git a/fail2ban/config-debian-linux b/fail2ban/config-debian-linux
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..111ce23bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fail2ban/config-debian-linux
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+config_dir=/etc/fail2ban
+client_cmd=/usr/bin/fail2ban-client
+server_cmd=/usr/bin/fail2ban-server
+init_script=fail2ban