diff --git a/packages/x11/font/font-bitstream-type1/package.mk b/packages/x11/font/font-bitstream-type1/package.mk
index 62b975e8ef..d08ea4b92b 100644
--- a/packages/x11/font/font-bitstream-type1/package.mk
+++ b/packages/x11/font/font-bitstream-type1/package.mk
@@ -36,3 +36,8 @@ PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
 PKG_AUTORECONF="yes"
 
 PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="--with-fontrootdir=/usr/share/fonts"
+
+post_install() {
+  mkfontdir $INSTALL/usr/share/fonts/Type1
+  mkfontscale $INSTALL/usr/share/fonts/Type1
+}