diff --git a/testing/cicada/APKBUILD b/testing/cicada/APKBUILD
index cbbd9e2bd34..688ec0c2a3c 100644
--- a/testing/cicada/APKBUILD
+++ b/testing/cicada/APKBUILD
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Maintainer: Hugo Wang <w@mitnk.com>
 pkgname=cicada
 pkgver=0.9.29
-pkgrel=0
+pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc="A bash-like Unix shell"
 url="https://github.com/mitnk/cicada"
 # s390x and riscv64 blocked by cargo
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ arch="all !s390x !riscv64"
 license="MIT"
 makedepends="sqlite-dev cargo"
 checkdepends="xz"
+install="$pkgname.post-install $pkgname.pre-deinstall"
 source="$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz::https://github.com/mitnk/cicada/archive/v$pkgver.tar.gz
 	ulimit.patch
 	unbundle-sqlite.patch
diff --git a/testing/cicada/cicada.post-install b/testing/cicada/cicada.post-install
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..148fb0424fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testing/cicada/cicada.post-install
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+add-shell '/usr/bin/cicada'
+exit 0
diff --git a/testing/cicada/cicada.pre-deinstall b/testing/cicada/cicada.pre-deinstall
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3aa8f991146
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testing/cicada/cicada.pre-deinstall
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+remove-shell '/usr/bin/cicada'
+exit 0