diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index fdf164fd..c898f93d 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ set(exec_prefix     "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}")
 set(libdir          "${CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LIBDIR}")
 set(includedir      "${CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_INCLUDEDIR}")
 set(VERSION         "${PACKAGE_VERSION}")
-# For init scripts and systemd service file
+# For init scripts and systemd service file (in contrib/)
 set(bindir          "${CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_BINDIR}")
 set(sbindir         "${CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_SBINDIR}")
 foreach(name
@@ -519,8 +519,8 @@ add_subdirectory(tests)
 add_subdirectory(integration-tests)
 endif()
 add_subdirectory(doc)
-if(0)
 add_subdirectory(contrib)
+if(0)
 add_subdirectory(script)
 endif()
 
diff --git a/contrib/CMakeLists.txt b/contrib/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f598f7ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+set(CONFIGFILES
+  nghttpx-init
+  nghttpx.service
+  nghttpx-upstart.conf
+)
+
+# Note that the execute permissions of nghttpx-init is preserved
+foreach(name IN LISTS CONFIGFILES)
+  configure_file("${name}.in" "${name}" @ONLY)
+endforeach()
+
+# set(EXTRA_DIST ${CONFIGFILES} nghttpx-logrotate tlsticketupdate.go)