diff --git a/bluez.changes b/bluez.changes
index f6d8155..bc8503a 100644
--- a/bluez.changes
+++ b/bluez.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Aug  2 18:27:38 UTC 2021 - Stefan Seyfried <seife+obs@b1-systems.com>
+
+- fix bluez-auto-enable-devices subpackage (boo#1177845)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Jul 12 12:35:06 UTC 2021 - Stefan Seyfried <seife+obs@b1-systems.com>
 
diff --git a/bluez.spec b/bluez.spec
index 3a7c8af..b23f13f 100644
--- a/bluez.spec
+++ b/bluez.spec
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ sed -i "/SystemdService=.*/d" obexd/src/org.bluez.obex.service
 # END FIXME
 
 # for auto-enable subpackage
-echo AutoEnable=true >> src/main.conf
+sed -i '/^#AutoEnable=false/aAutoEnable=true' src/main.conf
 
 # 2to3 does not fix the #! line
 sed -i '1s#/usr/bin/python$#/usr/bin/python3#' test/*