diff --git a/boot.php b/boot.php
index 3f2a2551b8..4deafe317c 100644
--- a/boot.php
+++ b/boot.php
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 set_time_limit(0);
 
-define ( 'BUILD_ID' , 1006 );
+define ( 'BUILD_ID' , 1007 );
 
 define ( 'EOL', "<br />\r\n");
 define ( 'ATOM_TIME',  'Y-m-d\TH:i:s\Z' );
@@ -236,7 +236,6 @@ function check_config(&$a) {
 		$stored = intval($build);
 		$current = intval(BUILD_ID);
 		if(($stored < $current) && file_exists('update.php')) {
-
 			// We're reporting a different version than what is currently installed.
 			// Run any existing update scripts to bring the database up to current.
 
diff --git a/update.php b/update.php
index 80ec50bd27..2ce83d5ce2 100644
--- a/update.php
+++ b/update.php
@@ -40,4 +40,26 @@ function update_1005() {
 	q("ALTER TABLE `user` ADD `spubkey` TEXT NOT NULL AFTER `prvkey` ,
 		ADD `sprvkey` TEXT NOT NULL AFTER `spubkey`");
 
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
+
+function update_1006() {
+
+	// create 's' keys for everybody that does not have one
+
+	$r = q("SELECT * FROM `user` WHERE `spubkey` = '' ");
+	if(count($r)) {
+		foreach($r as $rr) {
+			$sres=openssl_pkey_new(array('encrypt_key' => false ));
+			$sprvkey = '';
+			openssl_pkey_export($sres, $sprvkey);
+			$spkey = openssl_pkey_get_details($sres);
+			$spubkey = $spkey["key"];
+			$r = q("UPDATE `user` SET `spubkey` = '%s', `sprvkey` = '%s'
+				WHERE `uid` = %d LIMIT 1",
+				dbesc($spubkey),
+				dbesc($sprvkey),
+				intval($rr['uid'])
+			);
+		}
+	}
+}