diff --git a/package/system/opkg/Makefile b/package/system/opkg/Makefile
index d38ed52314..32bcf2bdf1 100644
--- a/package/system/opkg/Makefile
+++ b/package/system/opkg/Makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/feeds.mk
 PKG_NAME:=opkg
 PKG_REV:=9c97d5ecd795709c8584e972bfdf3aee3a5b846d
 PKG_VERSION:=$(PKG_REV)
-PKG_RELEASE:=7
+PKG_RELEASE:=8
 
 PKG_SOURCE_PROTO:=git
 PKG_SOURCE_VERSION:=$(PKG_REV)
@@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ endef
 
 define Package/opkg/conffiles
 /etc/opkg.conf
+/etc/opkg/keys/
+/etc/opkg/customfeeds.conf
 endef
 
 
@@ -110,10 +112,13 @@ MAKE_FLAGS = \
 define Package/opkg/Default/install
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/lib/opkg
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/bin
-	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/etc
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/etc/opkg
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/etc/uci-defaults
+	$(INSTALL_DATA) ./files/customfeeds.conf $(1)/etc/opkg/customfeeds.conf
 	$(INSTALL_DATA) ./files/opkg$(2).conf $(1)/etc/opkg.conf
-	$(call FeedSourcesAppend,$(1)/etc/opkg.conf)
-	$(VERSION_SED) $(1)/etc/opkg.conf
+	$(call FeedSourcesAppend,$(1)/etc/opkg/distfeeds.conf)
+	$(VERSION_SED) $(1)/etc/opkg/distfeeds.conf
+	$(INSTALL_BIN) ./files/20_migrate-feeds $(1)/etc/uci-defaults/
 	$(INSTALL_BIN) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/bin/opkg-cl $(1)/bin/opkg
 endef
 
diff --git a/package/system/opkg/files/20_migrate-feeds b/package/system/opkg/files/20_migrate-feeds
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..38cc57c467
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/system/opkg/files/20_migrate-feeds
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+[ -f /etc/opkg.conf ] && grep -q "src\/" /etc/opkg.conf || exit 0
+
+echo -e "# Old feeds from previous image\n# Uncomment to reenable\n" >> /etc/opkg/customfeeds.conf
+sed -n "s/.*\(src\/.*\)/# \1/p" /etc/opkg.conf >> /etc/opkg/customfeeds.conf
+sed -i "/.*src\/.*/d" /etc/opkg.conf
+
+exit 0
diff --git a/package/system/opkg/files/customfeeds.conf b/package/system/opkg/files/customfeeds.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f130113c47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/system/opkg/files/customfeeds.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# add your custom package feeds here
+#
+# src/gz example_feed_name http://www.example.com/path/to/files