diff --git a/system/TLP/TLP.SlackBuild b/system/TLP/TLP.SlackBuild
index a98b3782a4..9bdc912796 100644
--- a/system/TLP/TLP.SlackBuild
+++ b/system/TLP/TLP.SlackBuild
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 # Slackware build script for TLP
 
-# Copyright 2013  Aaditya Bagga  <aaditya_gnulinux@zoho.com>
+# Copyright 2013-2014 Aaditya Bagga <aaditya_gnulinux@zoho.com>
 # All rights reserved.
 #
 # Redistribution and use of this script, with or without modification, is
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 #  ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 PRGNAM=TLP
-VERSION=${VERSION:-0.4.1}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-0.5}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
@@ -84,6 +84,9 @@ make install-tlp DESTDIR=$PKG
 # move to rc.tlp
 mv $PKG/etc/rc.d/tlp $PKG/etc/rc.d/rc.tlp
 
+# Don't clobber configs
+mv $PKG/etc/default/tlp $PKG/etc/default/tlp.new
+
 # install man files
 mkdir -p $PKG/usr/man/man{1,8}
 install -m 644 man/bluetooth.1 $PKG/usr/man/man1/
@@ -106,6 +109,7 @@ cat $CWD/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild > $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild
 
 mkdir -p $PKG/install
 cat $CWD/slack-desc > $PKG/install/slack-desc
+cat $CWD/doinst.sh > $PKG/install/doinst.sh
 
 cd $PKG
 /sbin/makepkg -l y -c n $OUTPUT/$PRGNAM-$VERSION-$ARCH-$BUILD$TAG.${PKGTYPE:-tgz}
diff --git a/system/TLP/TLP.info b/system/TLP/TLP.info
index f4a9ea5262..500b096a4a 100644
--- a/system/TLP/TLP.info
+++ b/system/TLP/TLP.info
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 PRGNAM="TLP"
-VERSION="0.4.1"
+VERSION="0.5"
 HOMEPAGE="http://linrunner.de/en/tlp/tlp.html"
-DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/linrunner/TLP/archive/0.4.1.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="43cb7a875e4237cbb1392294585ccc4f"
+DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/linrunner/TLP/archive/0.5.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="93b2162cb278b3b5757d701edf2e1f7a"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES=""
-MAINTAINER="aaditya"
+MAINTAINER="Aaditya Bagga"
 EMAIL="aaditya_gnulinux@zoho.com"
diff --git a/system/TLP/doinst.sh b/system/TLP/doinst.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d21b756e2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/system/TLP/doinst.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+config() {
+  NEW="$1"
+  OLD="$(dirname $NEW)/$(basename $NEW .new)"
+  # 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
+    rm $NEW
+  fi
+  # Otherwise, we leave the .new copy for the admin to consider...
+}
+
+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/default/tlp.new
+preserve_perms etc/rc.d/rc.tlp.new