diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 99d026166931aa43530be9b628e5f63243241684..bf359a890c3679c02a6e5a045c667757c6769d71 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 python-defaults (2.6.5-4) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
 
   * dh_python2: fix parsing "XS-Python-Version: X.Y"
+  * Add python-minimal.{postinst,prerm} files to handle .py files
+    byte-compilation
 
  -- Piotr Ożarowski <piotr@debian.org>  Fri, 18 Jun 2010 16:52:21 +0200
 
diff --git a/debian/python-minimal.postinst b/debian/python-minimal.postinst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..7fac6774de159eba381cc78c2c84aeafa78b979d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/python-minimal.postinst
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#! /bin/sh
+pycompile -p python-minimal
+
+#DEBHELPER#
diff --git a/debian/python-minimal.prerm b/debian/python-minimal.prerm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..38747bddb9b11b698d3928579e8fa2ce87bea723
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/python-minimal.prerm
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#! /bin/sh
+pyclean -p python-minimal
+
+#DEBHELPER#