diff --git a/other/postinst b/other/postinst
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..8e40b17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/other/postinst
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#stop daemon!
+/etc/init.d/wicd stop
+
+#remove because we changed stuff
+update-rc.d -f wicd remove
+
+#remove pyc files that screw things up sometimes
+#there shouldn't be any there, but it never hurts to check
+#they may exist if you are upgrading wicd
+rm -rf /opt/wicd/*.pyc
+
+#add us to the startup
+#add us to 80 because sometimes dbus starts
+#later then 20, so that causes problems
+update-rc.d wicd start 80 2 3 4 5 . stop 20 0 1 6 .
+
+#start the daemon
+/etc/init.d/wicd start
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 615280f..02cc945 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -81,3 +81,7 @@ connect at startup to any preferred network within range.
       py_modules=['networking', 'misc', 'wnettools', 'wpath'],
       data_files=data
       )
+      
+print "Running post-install configuration..."
+os.system("other/postinst")
+print 'Done.'