diff --git a/debian/postinst b/debian/postinst
index 7c1b176..69f90b3 100644
--- a/debian/postinst
+++ b/debian/postinst
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ ARCH=`dpkg --print-architecture`
 dkms_configure () {
 	for POSTINST in /usr/lib/dkms/common.postinst "/usr/share/$PACKAGE_NAME/postinst"; do
 		if [ -f "$POSTINST" ]; then
-			"$POSTINST" "$NAME" "$CVERSION" "/usr/share/$PACKAGE_NAME" "$ARCH" "$2"
+			nohup "$POSTINST" "$NAME" "$CVERSION" "/usr/share/$PACKAGE_NAME" "$ARCH" "$2"
 			return $?
 		fi
 		echo "WARNING: $POSTINST does not exist." >&2