diff --git a/system-users.changes b/system-users.changes
index e0c4cdc..f2360d8 100644
--- a/system-users.changes
+++ b/system-users.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Aug 21 08:48:31 CEST 2017 - kukuk@suse.de
+
+- user nobody: move usermod to %post, else it will be executed
+  before the user is created.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Jul 10 09:33:46 UTC 2017 - dimstar@opensuse.org
 
diff --git a/system-users.spec b/system-users.spec
index bed505f..d130362 100644
--- a/system-users.spec
+++ b/system-users.spec
@@ -238,6 +238,7 @@ install -m 644 %{SOURCE16} %{buildroot}%{_sysusersdir}/system-user-upsd.conf
 %pre -n system-user-ftp -f ftp.pre
 %pre -n system-user-lp -f lp.pre
 %pre -n system-user-nobody -f nobody.pre
+%post -n system-user-nobody
 /usr/sbin/usermod -s /bin/bash nobody
 
 %pre -n system-user-upsd -f upsd.pre