diff --git a/debian/ngcp-www-admin.postinst b/debian/ngcp-www-admin.postinst
index 6648d6c..d805567 100644
--- a/debian/ngcp-www-admin.postinst
+++ b/debian/ngcp-www-admin.postinst
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ a2dissite default
 #DEBHELPER#
 
 # reload perl and/or apache modules
-/etc/init.d/apache2 reload
+if [ -x /etc/init.d/apache2 ] ; then
+  invoke-rc.d apache2 reload
+fi
 
 exit 0