diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 778413578..47d8c3fbc 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ EXTRA_DIST = \
 	src/modules/bluetooth/meson.build \
 	src/modules/echo-cancel/meson.build \
 	src/modules/gsettings/meson.build \
-	src/modules/gsettings/post-install.sh \
+	src/modules/gsettings/meson_post_install.py \
 	src/modules/meson.build \
 	src/modules/oss/meson.build \
 	src/modules/raop/meson.build \
diff --git a/src/modules/gsettings/meson.build b/src/modules/gsettings/meson.build
index f39fb65ee..68a72c3ff 100644
--- a/src/modules/gsettings/meson.build
+++ b/src/modules/gsettings/meson.build
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ install_data('org.freedesktop.pulseaudio.gschema.xml',
   install_dir : join_paths(datadir, 'glib-2.0', 'schemas')
 )
 
-meson.add_install_script('post-install.sh', datadir)
+meson.add_install_script('meson_post_install.py', datadir)
 
 # Conversion from GConf to GSettings
 
diff --git a/src/modules/gsettings/meson_post_install.py b/src/modules/gsettings/meson_post_install.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0ddb70ded
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/modules/gsettings/meson_post_install.py
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+import os
+import subprocess
+import sys
+
+datadir = sys.argv[1]
+
+# Package managers set this so we don't need to run
+if not os.environ.get('DESTDIR'):
+    schemadir = os.path.join(datadir, 'glib-2.0', 'schemas')
+    print('Compiling gsettings schemas...')
+    subprocess.call(['glib-compile-schemas', schemadir])
+
diff --git a/src/modules/gsettings/post-install.sh b/src/modules/gsettings/post-install.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index cec8b9349..000000000
--- a/src/modules/gsettings/post-install.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-set -e
-set -u
-
-DATADIR="$1"
-
-# Package managers set this so we don't need to run
-if [ "${DESTDIR:-}" ]; then exit 0; fi
-
-echo "Compiling GSettings schemas..."
-glib-compile-schemas "$DATADIR/glib-2.0/schemas"