diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 4bc70274e..a420e7963 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -189,3 +189,5 @@ subdir('tests')
 if get_option('gtk_doc')
   subdir('docs/reference')
 endif
+
+meson.add_install_script('meson/meson-postinstall.sh')
diff --git a/meson/meson-postinstall.sh b/meson/meson-postinstall.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..4500dcb01
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meson/meson-postinstall.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Package managers set this so we don't need to run
+if [ -z "$DESTDIR" ]; then
+  echo Compiling GSettings schemas...
+  glib-compile-schemas ${MESON_INSTALL_PREFIX}/share/glib-2.0/schemas
+
+  echo Updating desktop database...
+  update-desktop-database -q ${MESON_INSTALL_PREFIX}/share/applications
+fi