diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/xinetd/xinetd_2.3.15.4.bb b/meta/recipes-extended/xinetd/xinetd_2.3.15.4.bb
index 897417314d..c390fcf33c 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-extended/xinetd/xinetd_2.3.15.4.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/xinetd/xinetd_2.3.15.4.bb
@@ -48,4 +48,7 @@ do_install:append() {
               ${D}${systemd_system_unitdir}/xinetd.service
 }
 
-RDEPENDS:${PN} += "perl"
+# Script for converting inetd.conf files into xinetd.conf files
+PACKAGES =+ "${PN}-xconv"
+FILES:${PN}-xconv = "${bindir}/xconv.pl"
+RDEPENDS:${PN}-xconv += "perl"