diff --git a/Alien/Package/Rpm.pm b/Alien/Package/Rpm.pm
index 9af1b24..c8beb0f 100644
--- a/Alien/Package/Rpm.pm
+++ b/Alien/Package/Rpm.pm
@@ -255,18 +255,26 @@ sub prep {
 	print OUT "\%define _rpmdir ../\n"; # write rpm to current directory
 	print OUT "\%define _rpmfilename %%{NAME}-%%{VERSION}-%%{RELEASE}.%%{ARCH}.rpm\n";
 	print OUT "\n";
-	print OUT "\%pre\n";
-	print OUT $this->preinst."\n";
-	print OUT "\n";
-	print OUT "\%post\n";
-	print OUT $this->postinst."\n";
-	print OUT "\n";
-	print OUT "\%preun\n";
-	print OUT $this->prerm."\n";
-	print OUT "\n";
-	print OUT "\%postun\n";
-	print OUT $this->postrm."\n";
-	print OUT "\n";
+	if ($this->preinst) {
+		print OUT "\%pre\n";
+		print OUT $this->preinst."\n";
+		print OUT "\n";
+	}
+	if ($this->postinst) {
+		print OUT "\%post\n";
+		print OUT $this->postinst."\n";
+		print OUT "\n";
+	}
+	if ($this->prerm) {
+		print OUT "\%preun\n";
+		print OUT $this->prerm."\n";
+		print OUT "\n";
+	}
+	if ($this->postun) {
+		print OUT "\%postun\n";
+		print OUT $this->postrm."\n";
+		print OUT "\n";
+	}
 	print OUT "\%description\n";
 	print OUT $this->description."\n";
 	print OUT "\n";
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 4990a50..0c22c50 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+alien (7.12) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * Modified Rpm.pm to not bother with the scripts stanzas if there are
+    no scripts.
+
+ -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>  Fri,  8 Dec 2000 14:50:51 -0800
+
 alien (7.11) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * Use ls -1 instead of plain ls when copying files to debian/tmp in rpm