diff --git a/ccid/trunk/trunk/debian/postinst b/ccid/trunk/trunk/debian/postinst
index 590e088..3e570db 100644
--- a/ccid/trunk/trunk/debian/postinst
+++ b/ccid/trunk/trunk/debian/postinst
@@ -35,6 +35,12 @@ case "$1" in
 		then
 			invoke-rc.d pcscd restart 3> /dev/null
 		fi
+
+		# reload udev rules if the package is installed
+		if [ -x /etc/init.d/udev ]
+		then
+			invoke-rc.d udev reload 3> /dev/null
+		fi
     ;;
 
     abort-upgrade|abort-remove|abort-deconfigure)