diff --git a/debian/postinst b/debian/postinst
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+++ b/debian/postinst
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+#!/bin/sh -e
+case "$1" in
+	configure)
+		# Create the osmocom group and user (if it doesn't exist yet)
+		if ! getent group osmocom >/dev/null; then
+			groupadd --system osmocom
+		fi
+		if ! getent passwd osmocom >/dev/null; then
+			useradd \
+				--system \
+				--gid osmocom \
+				--home-dir /var/lib/osmocom \
+				--shell /sbin/nologin \
+				--comment "Open Source Mobile Communications" \
+				osmocom
+		fi
+
+		# Fix permissions of previous (root-owned) install (OS#4107)
+		if dpkg --compare-versions "$2" le "1.13.0"; then
+			if [ -e /etc/osmocom/osmo-mgw.cfg ]; then
+				chown -v osmocom:osmocom /etc/osmocom/osmo-mgw.cfg
+				chmod -v 0660 /etc/osmocom/osmo-mgw.cfg
+			fi
+
+			if [ -d /etc/osmocom ]; then
+				chown -v root:osmocom /etc/osmocom
+				chmod -v 2775 /etc/osmocom
+			fi
+
+			mkdir -p /var/lib/osmocom
+			chown -R -v osmocom:osmocom /var/lib/osmocom
+		fi
+		;;
+esac
+
+# dh_installdeb(1) will replace this with shell code automatically
+# generated by other debhelper scripts.
+#DEBHELPER#