diff --git a/lib/transaction.c b/lib/transaction.c

index 7e432a3..42f1b12 100644

--- a/lib/transaction.c

+++ b/lib/transaction.c

@@ -910,33 +910,51 @@ static int runTransScripts(rpmts ts, rpmTag stag)

 	if (script == NULL && scriptprog == NULL)

  	    continue;

-    	p->fd = rpmtsNotify(ts, p, RPMCALLBACK_INST_OPEN_FILE, 0, 0);

-    	p->h = NULL;

-    	if (rpmteFd(p) != NULL) {

-	    rpmVSFlags ovsflags = rpmtsVSFlags(ts);

-    	    rpmVSFlags vsflags = ovsflags | RPMVSF_NEEDPAYLOAD;

-	    rpmRC rpmrc;

-	    ovsflags = rpmtsSetVSFlags(ts, vsflags);

-	    rpmrc = rpmReadPackageFile(ts, rpmteFd(p),

-		    rpmteNEVR(p), &p->h);

-	    vsflags = rpmtsSetVSFlags(ts, ovsflags);

-	    switch (rpmrc) {

-	    default:

-	        /* FIX: notify annotations */

-	        p->fd = rpmtsNotify(ts, p, RPMCALLBACK_INST_CLOSE_FILE, 0, 0);

-	        p->fd = NULL;

-	        break;

-	    case RPMRC_NOTTRUSTED:

-	    case RPMRC_NOKEY:

-	    case RPMRC_OK:

-	        break;

+	if (stag==RPMTAG_POSTTRANS) {

+	    /* get (already installed) header from rpmdb */

+	    rpmdbMatchIterator mi;

+	    mi = rpmtsInitIterator(ts, RPMTAG_NAME, rpmteN(p), 0);

+	    xx = rpmdbSetIteratorRE(mi, RPMTAG_EPOCH, RPMMIRE_STRCMP,

+				rpmteE(p));

+	    xx = rpmdbSetIteratorRE(mi, RPMTAG_VERSION, RPMMIRE_STRCMP,

+				rpmteV(p));

+	    xx = rpmdbSetIteratorRE(mi, RPMTAG_RELEASE, RPMMIRE_STRCMP,

+				rpmteR(p));

+	    xx = rpmdbSetIteratorRE(mi, RPMTAG_ARCH, RPMMIRE_STRCMP,

+				rpmteA(p));

+

+	    p->h = headerCopy(rpmdbNextIterator(mi));

+	    mi = rpmdbFreeIterator(mi);

+	} else {

+	    /* reread rpm file */

+	    p->fd = rpmtsNotify(ts, p, RPMCALLBACK_INST_OPEN_FILE, 0, 0);

+	    p->h = NULL;

+	    if (rpmteFd(p) != NULL) {

+		rpmVSFlags ovsflags = rpmtsVSFlags(ts);

+		rpmVSFlags vsflags = ovsflags | RPMVSF_NEEDPAYLOAD;

+		rpmRC rpmrc;

+		ovsflags = rpmtsSetVSFlags(ts, vsflags);

+		rpmrc = rpmReadPackageFile(ts, rpmteFd(p),

+					   rpmteNEVR(p), &p->h);

+		vsflags = rpmtsSetVSFlags(ts, ovsflags);

+		switch (rpmrc) {

+		default:

+		    /* FIX: notify annotations */

+		     p->fd = rpmtsNotify(ts, p, RPMCALLBACK_INST_CLOSE_FILE, 0, 0);

+		     p->fd = NULL;

+		     break;

+		case RPMRC_NOTTRUSTED:

+		case RPMRC_NOKEY:

+		case RPMRC_OK:

+		     break;

+		}

 	    }

-        }

+	}

-    	if (rpmteFd(p) != NULL) {

- 	    fi = rpmfiNew(ts, p->h, RPMTAG_BASENAMES, 1);

+	if (p->h) {

+	    fi = rpmfiNew(ts, p->h, RPMTAG_BASENAMES, 1);

 	    if (fi != NULL) {	/* XXX can't happen */

-		if (stag == RPMTAG_PRETRANS) {

+		if (stag == RPMTAG_PRETRANS) { /* isn't this the same? */

 		    fi->te = p;

 		    p->fi = fi;

 		} else {

@@ -944,14 +962,16 @@ static int runTransScripts(rpmts ts, rpmTag stag)

 		    p->fi->te = p;

 		}

 	    }

+	    fi->h = p->h; // is this right?

 	    psm = rpmpsmNew(ts, p, p->fi);

 	    assert(psm != NULL);

 	    xx = rpmpsmScriptStage(psm, stag, progtag);

 	    psm = rpmpsmFree(psm);

-

-	    (void) rpmtsNotify(ts, p, RPMCALLBACK_INST_CLOSE_FILE, 0, 0);

-	    p->fd = NULL;

-	    p->h = headerFree(p->h);

+	    if (p->fd != NULL) {

+		(void) rpmtsNotify(ts, p, RPMCALLBACK_INST_CLOSE_FILE, 0, 0);

+		p->fd = NULL;

+	    }

+	    p->h = fi->h = headerFree(p->h);

 	}

     }

     pi = rpmtsiFree(pi);