diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 5cfba246..04b20073 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+coturn (4.5.1.1-1.1) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * Non-maintainer upload.
+  * Don't ship the (empty) /var/lib/turn/turndb SQLite database and generate it
+    on-demand in the postinst instead, avoiding overwriting it on
+    upgrade/reinstall. (Closes: #929269)
+
+ -- Chris Lamb <lamby@debian.org>  Sun, 26 May 2019 15:11:04 +0100
+
 coturn (4.5.1.1-1) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * [a13ba45] Fix: missing /etc/turnserver.conf
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index cf7ef29b..92f30c97 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ Vcs-Browser: https://github.com/coturn/coturn/tree/debian/master
 Package: coturn
 Architecture: any
 Depends: adduser,
+         sqlite3,
          lsb-base (>= 3.0-6),
          telnet | telnet-client,
          ${misc:Depends},
diff --git a/debian/coturn.install b/debian/coturn.install
index 163d4edf..ee6d2e0e 100644
--- a/debian/coturn.install
+++ b/debian/coturn.install
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ include/turn/client/ns_turn_msg_defs.h usr/include/turn
 include/turn/client/ns_turn_msg_defs_experimental.h usr/include/turn
 include/turn/ns_turn_defs.h usr/include/turn
 lib/libturnclient.a usr/lib
-sqlite/turndb var/lib/turn
 turndb/schema.mongo.sh usr/share/coturn
 turndb/schema.mongo.sh usr/share/doc/coturn
 turndb/schema.sql usr/share/coturn
diff --git a/debian/coturn.postinst b/debian/coturn.postinst
index 107ea2a0..a6cbe1b3 100644
--- a/debian/coturn.postinst
+++ b/debian/coturn.postinst
@@ -35,6 +35,15 @@ install() {
                "$TURNSERVER_USER" || exit 1
     fi
 
+    # Don't ship the empty database; generate it on-demand. (#929269)
+    TURNDB_SQLITE=/var/lib/turn/turndb
+    TURNDB_SCHEMA=/usr/share/doc/coturn/schema.sql
+
+    if [ ! -e "$TURNDB_SQLITE" ] && [ -e "$TURNDB_SCHEMA" ]; then
+        echo "I: Creating $TURNDB_SQLITE from $TURNDB_SCHEMA" >&2
+        mkdir -p "$(dirname "$TURNDB_SQLITE")"
+        sqlite3 "$TURNDB_SQLITE" < "$TURNDB_SCHEMA"
+    fi
 }
 
 case "$1" in
diff --git a/debian/coturn.postrm b/debian/coturn.postrm
index 44d5fc62..59004e43 100644
--- a/debian/coturn.postrm
+++ b/debian/coturn.postrm
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ if [ "$1" = "purge" ] ; then
         if getent group $TURNSERVER_GROUP >/dev/null; then
                 groupdel $TURNSERVER_GROUP
         fi
+
+        rm -f /var/lib/turn/turndb
 fi