diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 52bff400493..5cb63585a8e 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -5,8 +5,9 @@ qgis (2.1.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
   * Update Qt dependency to 4.7
   * drop support for Debian squeeze and Ubuntu lucid, maverick, natty and oneiric
   * add support for Ubuntu trusty
+  * run crssync on copy of srs.db (Closes #738117)
 
- -- Jürgen E. Fischer <jef@norbit.de>  Wed, 05 Feb 2014 22:02:24 +0100
+ -- Jürgen E. Fischer <jef@norbit.de>  Sat, 08 Feb 2014 00:36:40 +0100
 
 qgis (1.9.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
 
diff --git a/debian/qgis-providers-common.install b/debian/qgis-providers-common.install
index ae057f20ff8..e422e0da154 100644
--- a/debian/qgis-providers-common.install
+++ b/debian/qgis-providers-common.install
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 usr/share/qgis/svg/*
 usr/share/qgis/resources/qgis.db
-usr/share/qgis/resources/srs.db
+usr/share/qgis/resources/srs-template.db
 usr/share/qgis/resources/customization.xml
 usr/share/qgis/resources/symbology-ng-style.db
 usr/share/qgis/resources/cpt-city-qgis-min/*
diff --git a/debian/qgis-providers-common.postinst b/debian/qgis-providers-common.postinst
index 85580672429..e829bf111b4 100755
--- a/debian/qgis-providers-common.postinst
+++ b/debian/qgis-providers-common.postinst
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 set -e
 
 if [ "$1" = "configure" ] && [ -x /usr/lib/qgis/crssync ]; then
+	cp /usr/share/qgis/resources/srs-template.db /usr/share/qgis/resources/srs.db
 	/usr/lib/qgis/crssync
 fi
 
diff --git a/debian/qgis-providers-common.prerm b/debian/qgis-providers-common.prerm
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..7f699bdb99e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/qgis-providers-common.prerm
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+set -e
+
+if [ "$1" = "remove" ] ; then
+	rm /usr/share/qgis/resources/srs.db
+fi
+
+#DEBHELPER#
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 57f14d3bdbb..0a37675c6c1 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -190,6 +190,8 @@ install: build
 	install -o root -g root -m 644 $(CURDIR)/images/icons/qgis-icon.png $(CURDIR)/debian/tmp/usr/share/pixmaps
 	install -o root -g root -m 644 $(CURDIR)/images/icons/qgis-mime-icon.png $(CURDIR)/debian/tmp/usr/share/pixmaps
 
+	mv $(CURDIR)/debian/tmp/usr/share/qgis/resources/srs.db $(CURDIR)/debian/tmp/usr/share/qgis/resources/srs-template.db
+
 # Build architecture-independent files here.
 binary-indep: build install
 # We have nothing to do by default.