diff --git a/data/Dockerfiles/clamd/bootstrap.sh b/data/Dockerfiles/clamd/bootstrap.sh
index ba1cee85..e12f2bc6 100755
--- a/data/Dockerfiles/clamd/bootstrap.sh
+++ b/data/Dockerfiles/clamd/bootstrap.sh
@@ -6,15 +6,23 @@ if [[ "${SKIP_CLAMD}" =~ ^([yY][eE][sS]|[yY])+$ ]]; then
   exit 0
 fi
 
-# Create log pipes
+# Prepare log pipes
 mkdir -p /var/log/clamav
 touch /var/log/clamav/clamd.log /var/log/clamav/freshclam.log
 chown -R clamav:clamav /var/log/clamav/
 chown root:tty /dev/console
 chmod g+rw /dev/console
 
-# Prepare
-[[ ! -f /var/lib/clamav/whitelist.ign2 ]] && touch /var/lib/clamav/whitelist.ign2
+# Prepare whitelist
+if [[ -s /etc/clamav/whitelist.ign2 ]]; then
+  cp /etc/clamav/whitelist.ign2 /var/lib/clamav/whitelist.ign2
+  chown clamav:clamav /var/lib/clamav/whitelist.ign2
+fi
+if [[ ! -f /var/lib/clamav/whitelist.ign2 ]]; then
+  echo "Example-Signature.Ignore-1" > /var/lib/clamav/whitelist.ign2
+fi
+chown clamav:clamav /var/lib/clamav/whitelist.ign2
+
 dos2unix /var/lib/clamav/whitelist.ign2
 sed -i '/^\s*$/d' /var/lib/clamav/whitelist.ign2