diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 7a4bdde..1fdadc4 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+ccid (1.4.36-3) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
+
+  * d/postinst: restart pcscd on install
+    See #995814
+
+ -- Ludovic Rousseau <rousseau@debian.org>  Fri, 12 Nov 2021 23:10:58 +0100
+
 ccid (1.4.36-2) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * Fix "Please replace links to alioth by salsa" using the upstream web
diff --git a/debian/postinst b/debian/postinst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d9f39b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/postinst
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#! /bin/sh
+# postinst script for libccid
+#
+# see: dh_installdeb(1)
+
+set -e
+
+case "$1" in
+    configure|reconfigure)
+		# restart pcscd (PCSC daemon)
+		invoke-rc.d pcscd restart
+    ;;
+
+    abort-upgrade|abort-remove|abort-deconfigure)
+
+    ;;
+
+    *)
+        echo "postinst called with unknown argument \`$1'" >&2
+        exit 0
+    ;;
+esac
+
+# dh_installdeb will replace this with shell code automatically
+# generated by other debhelper scripts.
+
+#DEBHELPER#
+
+exit 0
+
+