diff --git a/app-text/zathura-ps/zathura-ps-0.2.6.ebuild b/app-text/zathura-ps/zathura-ps-0.2.6.ebuild
index 94dab249fb7a0..e115907ec1e60 100644
--- a/app-text/zathura-ps/zathura-ps-0.2.6.ebuild
+++ b/app-text/zathura-ps/zathura-ps-0.2.6.ebuild
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2018 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2020 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=7
 
-inherit meson
+inherit meson xdg-utils
 
 if [[ ${PV} == *9999 ]]; then
 	inherit git-r3
@@ -29,3 +29,11 @@ DEPEND="app-text/libspectre
 RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
 
 BDEPEND="virtual/pkgconfig"
+
+pkg_postinst() {
+	xdg_desktop_database_update
+}
+
+pkg_postrm() {
+	xdg_desktop_database_update
+}
diff --git a/app-text/zathura-ps/zathura-ps-9999.ebuild b/app-text/zathura-ps/zathura-ps-9999.ebuild
index 16e0d2d5ba333..1029752194f62 100644
--- a/app-text/zathura-ps/zathura-ps-9999.ebuild
+++ b/app-text/zathura-ps/zathura-ps-9999.ebuild
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2018 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2020 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=7
 
-inherit meson
+inherit meson xdg-utils
 
 if [[ ${PV} == *9999 ]]; then
 	inherit git-r3
@@ -29,3 +29,11 @@ DEPEND="app-text/libspectre
 RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
 
 BDEPEND="virtual/pkgconfig"
+
+pkg_postinst() {
+	xdg_desktop_database_update
+}
+
+pkg_postrm() {
+	xdg_desktop_database_update
+}