diff --git a/audio/TiMidity++/TiMidity++.SlackBuild b/audio/TiMidity++/TiMidity++.SlackBuild
index e8a00e4474..6d3249a205 100644
--- a/audio/TiMidity++/TiMidity++.SlackBuild
+++ b/audio/TiMidity++/TiMidity++.SlackBuild
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 PRGNAM="TiMidity++"
 VERSION="2.13.2"
-BUILD=${BUILD:-5}
+BUILD=${BUILD:-6}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
 if [ -z "$ARCH" ]; then
diff --git a/audio/TiMidity++/doinst.sh b/audio/TiMidity++/doinst.sh
index 359c5a3f8b..56700cc0ff 100644
--- a/audio/TiMidity++/doinst.sh
+++ b/audio/TiMidity++/doinst.sh
@@ -4,12 +4,24 @@ config() {
   # If there's no config file by that name, mv it over:
   if [ ! -r $OLD ]; then
     mv $NEW $OLD
-  elif [ "$(cat $OLD | md5sum)" = "$(cat $NEW | md5sum)" ]; then # toss the redundant copy
+  elif [ "$(cat $OLD | md5sum)" = "$(cat $NEW | md5sum)" ]; then
+    # toss the redundant copy
     rm $NEW
   fi
   # Otherwise, we leave the .new copy for the admin to consider...
 }
 
-config etc/timidity.cfg.new
-config etc/rc.d/rc.timidity.new
+preserve_perms() {
+  NEW="$1"
+  OLD="$(dirname $NEW)/$(basename $NEW .new)"
+  if [ -e $OLD ]; then
+    cp -a $OLD ${NEW}.incoming
+    cat $NEW > ${NEW}.incoming
+    mv ${NEW}.incoming $NEW
+  fi
+  config $NEW
+}
+
+config etc/timidity.cfg.new
+preserve_perms etc/rc.d/rc.timidity.new