diff --git a/audio/pd/doinst.sh b/audio/pd/doinst.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5fb28930db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/audio/pd/doinst.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+if [ -x /usr/bin/update-desktop-database ]; then
+  /usr/bin/update-desktop-database -q usr/share/applications >/dev/null 2>&1
+fi
diff --git a/audio/pd/pd.SlackBuild b/audio/pd/pd.SlackBuild
index ec185d7e6f..a97a04bc29 100644
--- a/audio/pd/pd.SlackBuild
+++ b/audio/pd/pd.SlackBuild
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ ln -s /usr/lib/pd/doc/ $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION/docs
 
 mkdir -p $PKG/install
 cat $CWD/slack-desc > $PKG/install/slack-desc
+cat $CWD/doinst.sh  > $PKG/install/doinst.sh
 
 cd $PKG
 /sbin/makepkg -l y -c n $OUTPUT/$PRGNAM-$VERSION-$ARCH-$BUILD$TAG.${PKGTYPE:-tgz}