diff --git a/lib/vanagon/component.rb b/lib/vanagon/component.rb
index 18d7ac6a..7692bbda 100644
--- a/lib/vanagon/component.rb
+++ b/lib/vanagon/component.rb
@@ -106,6 +106,9 @@ class Component
     # activate_triggers is a one-dimentional Array of Strings, describing scripts that
     # should be executed when a package identifies an activate trigger
     attr_accessor :activate_triggers
+    # postinstall_required_actions is a two-dimensional Array, describing scripts that
+    # must be executed successfully after a given component is installed.
+    attr_accessor :postinstall_required_actions
     # postinstall_actions is a two-dimensional Array, describing scripts that
     # should be executed after a given component is installed.
     attr_accessor :postinstall_actions
@@ -176,6 +179,7 @@ def initialize(name, settings, platform) # rubocop:disable Metrics/AbcSize
       @install_triggers = []
       @interest_triggers = []
       @activate_triggers = []
+      @postinstall_required_actions = []
       @postinstall_actions = []
       @preremove_actions = []
       @postremove_actions = []
diff --git a/lib/vanagon/component/dsl.rb b/lib/vanagon/component/dsl.rb
index ec763032..5afc2b65 100644
--- a/lib/vanagon/component/dsl.rb
+++ b/lib/vanagon/component/dsl.rb
@@ -503,6 +503,18 @@ def add_debian_activate_triggers(activate_name)
         @component.activate_triggers << OpenStruct.new(:activate_name => activate_name)
       end
 
+      # Add post installation action that must exit successfully before restarting the service
+      #
+      # @param pkg_state [Array] the state in which the scripts should execute. Can be
+      #   one or multiple of 'install' and 'upgrade'.
+      # @param scripts [Array] the Bourne shell compatible scriptlet(s) to execute
+      def add_postinstall_required_action(pkg_state, scripts)
+        pkg_state = Array(pkg_state)
+        scripts = Array(scripts)
+        check_pkg_state_array(pkg_state)
+        @component.postinstall_required_actions << OpenStruct.new(:pkg_state => pkg_state, :scripts => scripts)
+      end
+
       # Adds action to run during the postinstall phase of packaging
       #
       # @param pkg_state [Array] the state in which the scripts should execute. Can be
diff --git a/lib/vanagon/project.rb b/lib/vanagon/project.rb
index 59ad0ff1..c656162b 100644
--- a/lib/vanagon/project.rb
+++ b/lib/vanagon/project.rb
@@ -494,6 +494,21 @@ def get_postinstall_actions(pkg_state)
       end
     end
 
+    # Collects the postinstall packaging actions that must exit successfully for the project and it's components
+    #  for the specified packaging state
+    #
+    # @param pkg_state [String] the package state we want to run the given scripts for.
+    #   Can be one of 'install' or 'upgrade'
+    # @return [String] string of Bourne shell compatible scriptlets to execute during the postinstall
+    #   phase of packaging during the state of the system defined by pkg_state (either install or upgrade)
+    def get_postinstall_actions(pkg_state)
+      scripts = components.flat_map(&:postinstall_required_actions).compact.select { |s| s.pkg_state.include? pkg_state }.map(&:scripts)
+      if scripts.empty?
+        return ': no postinstall required scripts provided'
+      else
+        return scripts.join("\n")
+      end
+    end
     # Collects the preremove packaging actions for the project and it's components
     # for the specified packaging state
     #
diff --git a/resources/rpm/project.spec.erb b/resources/rpm/project.spec.erb
index 2b80388b..8f10fad3 100644
--- a/resources/rpm/project.spec.erb
+++ b/resources/rpm/project.spec.erb
@@ -242,6 +242,17 @@ fi
 
 
 %post
+# Run required postinstall scripts on install if defined
+if [ -e %{_localstatedir}/lib/rpm-state/%{name}/install ] ; then
+  <%= get_postinstall_required_actions("install") %>
+  rm %{_localstatedir}/lib/rpm-state/%{name}/install
+fi
+
+# Run required postinstall scripts on upgrade if defined
+if [ -e %{_localstatedir}/lib/rpm-state/%{name}/upgrade ] ; then
+  <%= get_postinstall_required_actions("upgrade") %>
+  rm %{_localstatedir}/lib/rpm-state/%{name}/upgrade
+fi
 <%- if @platform.is_aix? || (@platform.is_el? && @platform.os_version.to_i == 4) -%>
 ## EL-4 and AIX RPM don't have %posttrans, so we'll put them here
 # Run postinstall scripts on install if defined