diff --git a/package/deb/postrm b/package/deb/postrm
index e69de29bb..c913aa083 100644
--- a/package/deb/postrm
+++ b/package/deb/postrm
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+set -e
+
+# Reload systemd unit
+systemctl daemon-reload
diff --git a/package/deb/prerm b/package/deb/prerm
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..32ea7d4ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/deb/prerm
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+set -e
+
+# Reload systemd unit
+systemctl stop victoria-metrics
diff --git a/package/package_deb.sh b/package/package_deb.sh
index d3e2272c4..545a082c9 100755
--- a/package/package_deb.sh
+++ b/package/package_deb.sh
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ echo "*** Out .deb  : ${OUT_DEB}"
 # Copy the binary
 
 cp "./bin/${EXENAME_SRC}" "${TEMPDIR}/usr/sbin/${EXENAME_DST}"
-file "${TEMPDIR}/usr/sbin/${EXENAME_DST}"
 
 # Copy supporting files
 
@@ -70,6 +69,7 @@ cp "${PACKDIR}/deb/conffile" "${TEMPDIR}/conffile"
 # Copy postinst and postrm
 
 cp "${PACKDIR}/deb/postinst" "${TEMPDIR}/postinst"
+cp "${PACKDIR}/deb/prerm" "${TEMPDIR}/prerm"
 cp "${PACKDIR}/deb/postrm" "${TEMPDIR}/postrm"
 
 (
@@ -84,8 +84,8 @@ cp "${PACKDIR}/deb/postrm" "${TEMPDIR}/postrm"
     # Archive control
 
     chmod 644 control md5sums
-    chmod 755 postrm postinst
-    fakeroot -- tar -c --xz -f ./control.tar.xz ./control ./md5sums ./postinst ./postrm
+    chmod 755 postinst postrm prerm
+    fakeroot -- tar -c --xz -f ./control.tar.xz ./control ./md5sums ./postinst ./prerm ./postrm
 
     # Archive data