diff --git a/debian/postinst b/debian/postinst
index ae2c8323ef6..2f8f18e813b 100644
--- a/debian/postinst
+++ b/debian/postinst
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ ODOO_USER="odoo"
 case "${1}" in
     configure)
         if ! getent passwd | grep -q "^odoo:"; then
-            adduser --system --no-create-home --quiet --group $ODOO_USER
+            adduser --system --home $ODOO_DATA_DIR --quiet --group $ODOO_USER
         fi
         # Register "$ODOO_USER" as a postgres superuser
         su - postgres -c "createuser -s $ODOO_USER" 2> /dev/null || true
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ case "${1}" in
         chown $ODOO_USER:$ODOO_GROUP $ODOO_LOG_DIR
         chmod 0750 $ODOO_LOG_DIR
         # Data dir
-        mkdir -p $ODOO_DATA_DIR
         chown $ODOO_USER:$ODOO_GROUP $ODOO_DATA_DIR
         # update-python-modules NOW otherwise invoke-rc.d openerp start will fail
         update-python-modules