diff --git a/packages/x11/font/font-misc-misc/package.mk b/packages/x11/font/font-misc-misc/package.mk
index e7672d112b..d4c01c9e2b 100644
--- a/packages/x11/font/font-misc-misc/package.mk
+++ b/packages/x11/font/font-misc-misc/package.mk
@@ -61,5 +61,9 @@ PKG_MAKE_OPTS_TARGET="UTIL_DIR=$SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr/share/fonts/util/"
 makeinstall_target() {
   mkdir -p $INSTALL/usr/share/fonts/misc
     cp 6x13-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz $INSTALL/usr/share/fonts/misc
-    mkfontdir $INSTALL/usr/share/fonts/misc
+}
+
+post_install() {
+  mkfontdir $INSTALL/usr/share/fonts/misc
+  mkfontscale $INSTALL/usr/share/fonts/misc
 }