diff --git a/debian/postinst b/debian/postinst
index 08ade1479a0..9c439144228 100644
--- a/debian/postinst
+++ b/debian/postinst
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ ODOO_GROUP="odoo"
 ODOO_DATA_DIR=/var/lib/odoo
 ODOO_LOG_DIR=/var/log/odoo
 ODOO_USER="odoo"
+GSFONTS_DIR=/usr/share/fonts/type1/gsfonts
 
 case "${1}" in
     configure)
@@ -24,6 +25,15 @@ case "${1}" in
         mkdir -p $ODOO_LOG_DIR
         chown $ODOO_USER:$ODOO_GROUP $ODOO_LOG_DIR
         chmod 0750 $ODOO_LOG_DIR
+        	# work around https://bugs.debian.org/1059326
+
+        if ! [ -e ${GSFONTS_DIR}/n021003l.pfb ] ; then
+            if ! [ -d ${GSFONTS_DIR} ] ; then
+                mkdir ${GSFONTS_DIR}
+                touch ${GSFONTS_DIR}/.created-by-odoo-package
+            fi
+            ln -s /usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1/C059-Roman.pfb ${GSFONTS_DIR}/n021003l.pfb
+        fi
         ;;
     *)
         ;;
diff --git a/debian/postrm b/debian/postrm
index 274a488c1bf..41e366fafd3 100644
--- a/debian/postrm
+++ b/debian/postrm
@@ -5,11 +5,19 @@ set -e
 ODOO_LIB_DIR=/var/lib/odoo
 ODOO_USER="odoo"
 ODOO_GROUP="odoo"
+GSFONTS_DIR=/usr/share/fonts/type1/gsfonts
 
 case "${1}" in
     remove)
         deluser --quiet --system $ODOO_USER || true
         delgroup --quiet --system --only-if-empty $ODOO_GROUP || true
+        	# remove workaround for https://bugs.debian.org/1059326
+        if [ -L ${GSFONTS_DIR}/n021003l.pfb ] ; then
+            rm ${GSFONTS_DIR}/n021003l.pfb
+            if [ "$(ls -A ${GSFONTS_DIR})" = ".created-by-odoo-package" ] ; then
+                rm -fr ${GSFONTS_DIR}
+            fi
+    	fi
         ;;
 
     purge)