diff --git a/src/packaging/postinstall b/src/packaging/postinstall
index 4c01905..b4e379b 100755
--- a/src/packaging/postinstall
+++ b/src/packaging/postinstall
@@ -24,6 +24,12 @@ fi
 # In Yocto, monit looks at the /etc/monit.d/ directory
 # instead of /etc/monit/conf.d/, so let's add the other directory to as well (for normalization)
 if [ -f "$MONITRC" ]; then
+
+    # Some debian packages (maybe a Raspberry Pi APT mirror, monit 5.33.0) includes a buggy
+    # default monitrc configuration where the line 'include /etc/monit/conf.d/*' causes the service not to start.
+    # So delete the line as it will be replaced with a similar line afterwards
+    sed -i 's|^include /etc/monit/conf.d/\*$||g' "$MONITRC"
+
     if ! grep -q "include /etc/monit/conf.d/\*" "$MONITRC"; then
         echo "Adding /etc/monit/conf.d/ to the monit config ($MONITRC)" >&2
         echo 'include /etc/monit/conf.d/*.conf' >> "$MONITRC"