diff --git a/src/frontends/maemo/debian/postinst b/src/frontends/maemo/debian/postinst
index db5a670f8..3ef52274f 100644
--- a/src/frontends/maemo/debian/postinst
+++ b/src/frontends/maemo/debian/postinst
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ set -e
 # the debian-policy package
 
 gtk-update-icon-cache -f /usr/share/icons/hicolor
+# change event is not triggered otherwise
+touch /usr/share/icons/hicolor
 
 case "$1" in
     configure)