diff --git a/pkg/compiler/types/artifact/artifact.go b/pkg/compiler/types/artifact/artifact.go
index 29b64b07..b6ca3f99 100644
--- a/pkg/compiler/types/artifact/artifact.go
+++ b/pkg/compiler/types/artifact/artifact.go
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ import (
 	"archive/tar"
 	"bufio"
 	"bytes"
+	"crypto/sha1"
+	"encoding/base64"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"io/ioutil"
@@ -316,7 +318,6 @@ func (a *PackageArtifact) Compress(src string, concurrency int) error {
 	default:
 		return helpers.Tar(src, a.getCompressedName())
 	}
-	return errors.New("Compression type must be supplied")
 }
 
 func (a *PackageArtifact) getCompressedName() string {
@@ -339,6 +340,13 @@ func (a *PackageArtifact) GetUncompressedName() string {
 	return a.Path
 }
 
+func hashContent(bv []byte) string {
+	hasher := sha1.New()
+	hasher.Write(bv)
+	sha := base64.URLEncoding.EncodeToString(hasher.Sum(nil))
+	return sha
+}
+
 func tarModifierWrapperFunc(dst, path string, header *tar.Header, content io.Reader) (*tar.Header, []byte, error) {
 	// If the destination path already exists I rename target file name with postfix.
 	var destPath string
@@ -350,6 +358,7 @@ func tarModifierWrapperFunc(dst, path string, header *tar.Header, content io.Rea
 			return nil, nil, err
 		}
 	}
+	tarHash := hashContent(buffer.Bytes())
 
 	// If file is not present on archive but is defined on mods
 	// I receive the callback. Prevent nil exception.
@@ -362,8 +371,21 @@ func tarModifierWrapperFunc(dst, path string, header *tar.Header, content io.Rea
 			return header, buffer.Bytes(), nil
 		}
 
+		existingHash := ""
+		f, err := os.Lstat(destPath)
+		if err == nil {
+			dat, err := ioutil.ReadFile(destPath)
+			Debug("File exists already, computing hash for", destPath)
+			if err == nil {
+				existingHash = hashContent(dat)
+			}
+		}
+
+		Debug("Existing file hash: ", existingHash, "Tar file hashsum: ", tarHash)
+		// We want to protect file only if the hash of the files are differing OR the file size are
+		differs := (existingHash != "" && existingHash != tarHash) || header.Size != f.Size()
 		// Check if exists
-		if helpers.Exists(destPath) {
+		if helpers.Exists(destPath) && differs {
 			for i := 1; i < 1000; i++ {
 				name := filepath.Join(filepath.Join(filepath.Dir(path),
 					fmt.Sprintf("._cfg%04d_%s", i, filepath.Base(path))))
diff --git a/pkg/helpers/archive.go b/pkg/helpers/archive.go
index d64d174f..a4dfdbcb 100644
--- a/pkg/helpers/archive.go
+++ b/pkg/helpers/archive.go
@@ -90,8 +90,7 @@ func UntarProtect(src, dst string, sameOwner bool, protectedFiles []string, modi
 	}
 
 	if sameOwner {
-		// PRE: i have root privileged.
-
+		// we do have root permissions, so we can extract keeping the same permissions.
 		replacerArchive := archive.ReplaceFileTarWrapper(in, mods)
 
 		opts := &archive.TarOptions{
diff --git a/tests/integration/12_config_protect_samefile.sh b/tests/integration/12_config_protect_samefile.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..1f0d581f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/integration/12_config_protect_samefile.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+export LUET_NOLOCK=true
+
+oneTimeSetUp() {
+export tmpdir="$(mktemp -d)"
+}
+
+oneTimeTearDown() {
+    rm -rf "$tmpdir"
+}
+
+testBuild() {
+    mkdir $tmpdir/testrootfs/testbuild -p
+    luet build --tree "$ROOT_DIR/tests/fixtures/config_protect" \
+      --destination $tmpdir/testrootfs/testbuild --compression gzip test/a
+    buildst=$?
+    assertEquals 'builds successfully' "$buildst" "0"
+    assertTrue 'create package' "[ -e '$tmpdir/testrootfs/testbuild/a-test-1.0.package.tar.gz' ]"
+}
+
+testRepo() {
+    assertTrue 'no repository' "[ ! -e '$tmpdir/testbuild/repository.yaml' ]"
+    luet create-repo --tree "$ROOT_DIR/tests/fixtures/config_protect" \
+    --output $tmpdir/testrootfs/testbuild \
+    --packages $tmpdir/testrootfs/testbuild \
+    --name "test" \
+    --descr "Test Repo" \
+    --urls $tmpdir/testrootfs \
+    --type disk > /dev/null
+
+    createst=$?
+    assertEquals 'create repo successfully' "$createst" "0"
+    assertTrue 'create repository' "[ -e '$tmpdir/testrootfs/testbuild/repository.yaml' ]"
+}
+
+testConfig() {
+
+    mkdir $tmpdir/testrootfs/etc/luet/config.protect.d -p
+
+    cat <<EOF > $tmpdir/testrootfs/etc/luet/config.protect.d/conf1.yml
+name: "protect1"
+dirs:
+- /etc/
+EOF
+
+    cat <<EOF > $tmpdir/luet.yaml
+general:
+  debug: true
+system:
+  rootfs: $tmpdir/testrootfs
+  database_path: "/"
+  database_engine: "boltdb"
+config_protect_confdir:
+    - /etc/luet/config.protect.d
+config_from_host: false
+repositories:
+   - name: "main"
+     type: "disk"
+     enable: true
+     urls:
+       - "/testbuild"
+EOF
+    luet config --config $tmpdir/luet.yaml
+    res=$?
+    assertEquals 'config test successfully' "$res" "0"
+}
+
+
+
+testInstall() {
+
+    # Simulate previous installation
+    mkdir $tmpdir/testrootfs/etc/a -p
+    echo config > $tmpdir/testrootfs/etc/a/conf
+
+    luet install -y --config $tmpdir/luet.yaml test/a
+    installst=$?
+    assertEquals 'install test successfully' "$installst" "0"
+
+
+    # Simulate config protect
+    assertTrue 'package A installed' "[ -e '$tmpdir/testrootfs/c' ]"
+    assertTrue 'config protect not created, file is the same' "[ ! -e '$tmpdir/testrootfs/etc/a/._cfg0001_conf' ]"
+    assertEquals 'config protect content' "$(cat $tmpdir/testrootfs/etc/a/conf)" "config"
+}
+
+
+testUnInstall() {
+    luet uninstall -y --full --config $tmpdir/luet.yaml test/a
+    installst=$?
+    assertEquals 'uninstall test successfully' "$installst" "0"
+    assertTrue 'package uninstalled' "[ ! -e '$tmpdir/testrootfs/c' ]"
+    assertTrue 'config protect maintains the protected files' "[ -e '$tmpdir/testrootfs/etc/a/conf' ]"
+}
+
+
+testCleanup() {
+    luet cleanup --config $tmpdir/luet.yaml
+    installst=$?
+    assertEquals 'install test successfully' "$installst" "0"
+    assertTrue 'package installed' "[ ! -e '$tmpdir/testrootfs/packages/a-test-1.0.package.tar.gz' ]"
+}
+
+# Load shUnit2.
+. "$ROOT_DIR/tests/integration/shunit2"/shunit2
+