diff --git a/sys-power/apcupsd/apcupsd-3.14.14-r3.ebuild b/sys-power/apcupsd/apcupsd-3.14.14-r3.ebuild
index d07f4d82209a8..7e9251a070012 100644
--- a/sys-power/apcupsd/apcupsd-3.14.14-r3.ebuild
+++ b/sys-power/apcupsd/apcupsd-3.14.14-r3.ebuild
@@ -118,6 +118,8 @@ src_install() {
 }
 
 pkg_postinst() {
+	use kernel_linux && udev_reload
+
 	tmpfiles_process ${PN}-tmpfiles.conf
 
 	if use cgi ; then