diff --git a/tasks/postorius-hyperkitty.yml b/tasks/postorius-hyperkitty.yml
index 39b871e..c14146b 100644
--- a/tasks/postorius-hyperkitty.yml
+++ b/tasks/postorius-hyperkitty.yml
@@ -132,3 +132,10 @@
           disabled: no
 
   tags: [ 'mailman', 'postorius', 'hyperkitty', 'mailman_conf', 'postorius_cron' ]
+
+- name: Install a script that must be run after an update of the mailman suite
+  block:
+  - name: Install a script that should be run after an update of the mailman suite
+    template: src=mailman-postupdate.sh.j2 dest={{ mailman_bindir }}/mailman-postupdate owner={{ mailman_user }} group={{ mailman_user }} mode='0750'
+  tags: [ 'mailman', 'postorius', 'hyperkitty', 'mailman_upgrade', 'postorius_upgrade' ]
+
diff --git a/templates/mailman-postupdate.sh.j2 b/templates/mailman-postupdate.sh.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5fb32eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/mailman-postupdate.sh.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+running_user=$( id -un )
+if [ "$running_user" != "{{ mailman_user }}" ] ; then
+    logger "mailman-postupdate: must be run by the mailman user"
+    echo "mailman-postupdate must be run by the mailman user"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+set -e
+postorius_dir="{{ mailman_postorius_dir }}"
+postorius_executable="{{ mailman_postorius_dir }}/manage.py"
+
+set -x
+
+if [ "$DEBUG" == "False" ]; then
+    mkdir -p "$postorius_dir/static" || :
+    "$postorius_executable" collectstatic --clear --noinput --verbosity 0
+    "$postorius_executable" compress
+    "$postorius_executable" compilemessages
+fi
+
+syncdb_cmd="$postorius_executable migrate"
+if [[ ! -t 1 ]]; then
+    # stdout is not a terminal
+    syncdb_cmd="$syncdb_cmd --noinput"
+fi
+$syncdb_cmd
+echo 'Do you want to rebuild the search index?  This takes a long time.'
+echo 'Type "Yes" to continue; anything else to quit.'
+read -p "> " response
+if [ "x$response" != "xYes" ] ; then
+    exit
+fi
+"$postorius_executable" update_index