diff --git a/debian/scripts/koha-upgrade-schema b/debian/scripts/koha-upgrade-schema
index da50d41f10..54ccbeb61a 100755
--- a/debian/scripts/koha-upgrade-schema
+++ b/debian/scripts/koha-upgrade-schema
@@ -40,6 +40,11 @@ fi
 for name in "$@"
 do
     if is_instance $name; then
+        ## restart memcached, if it exists
+        if [ -f "/etc/init.d/memcached" ]; then
+            /etc/init.d/memcached restart
+        fi
+
         echo "Upgrading database schema for $name"
         KOHA_CONF="/etc/koha/sites/$name/koha-conf.xml" \
         PERL5LIB=$PERL5LIB \