diff --git a/package/x11/shared-mime-info/postinstall.sh b/package/x11/shared-mime-info/postinstall.sh
index b91343786..6f6976518 100644
--- a/package/x11/shared-mime-info/postinstall.sh
+++ b/package/x11/shared-mime-info/postinstall.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ update_mime_db() {
 
 	for dir in $@ ; do
 		if [ -d $dir -a -d $dir/packages ] ; then
-			update-mime-db -V $dir
+			update-mime-database -V $dir
 		fi
 	done
 }