diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 9d9f4244827..41079918081 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -506,6 +506,16 @@ execute_process(COMMAND ${DEBIAN_EXTRA_SCRIPT_SOURCE_DIR}/process_packaging_scri
                                                                                        ${CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR}
                 WORKING_DIRECTORY ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR})
 
+execute_process(COMMAND ${DEBIAN_EXTRA_SCRIPT_SOURCE_DIR}/process_packaging_script.bsh ${DEBIAN_EXTRA_SCRIPT_SOURCE_DIR}/preinst_rpm.in
+                                                                                       ${DEBIAN_EXTRA_SCRIPT_DEST_DIR}/preinst_rpm
+                                                                                       ${CPACK_PACKAGE_NAME}
+                                                                                       ${HCC_PACKAGE_INSTALL_PREFIX}
+                                                                                       ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}
+                                                                                       ${CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR}
+                                                                                       ${HCC_VERSION_MAJOR}
+                                                                                       ${HCC_VERSION_MINOR}
+                WORKING_DIRECTORY ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR})
+
 set(CPACK_PACKAGE_VENDOR "Advanced Micro Devices, Inc")
 set(CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION "${HCC_VERSION_MAJOR}.${HCC_VERSION_MINOR}.${HCC_VERSION_PATCH}")
 set(CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_MAJOR ${HCC_VERSION_MAJOR})
@@ -557,6 +567,7 @@ set(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_DEPENDS "${HCC_GENERAL_DEBIAN_DEP} ${HCC_ROCR_DEP} ${HC
 # RPM package settings
 set(CPACK_RPM_PACKAGE_DESCRIPTION ${PACKAGE_DESCRIPTION})
 set(CPACK_RPM_POST_INSTALL_SCRIPT_FILE "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/packaging/debian/postinst")
+set(CPACK_RPM_PRE_INSTALL_SCRIPT_FILE "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/packaging/debian/preinst_rpm")
 set(CPACK_RPM_PRE_UNINSTALL_SCRIPT_FILE "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/packaging/debian/prerm")
 
 # disable automatic shared libraries dependency detection
diff --git a/packaging/debian/postinst.in b/packaging/debian/postinst.in
index bf338b1855a..ed09b7b0561 100755
--- a/packaging/debian/postinst.in
+++ b/packaging/debian/postinst.in
@@ -27,10 +27,6 @@ SOFTLINKS=(
 
 do_softlinks() {
 
-  if [ $PACKAGE_NAME == "hcc_hsail" ] && [ -L "$ROCM_PATH/hcc" ] && [ $(readlink -f $ROCM_PATH/hcc) == "$ROCM_PATH/hcc-lc" ] ; then
-      return
-  fi
-
   mkdir -p "$ROCM_PATH/lib"
   mkdir -p "$ROCM_PATH/lib/cmake"
   mkdir -p "$ROCM_PATH/bin"
@@ -50,28 +46,10 @@ do_softlinks() {
     SOURCE_DIR=${SOFTLINKS[i]}
     DEST_DIR=${SOFTLINKS[i+1]}
     FILE=${SOFTLINKS[i+2]}
-
-    if [ -e $ROCM_PATH/hcc/$SOURCE_DIR/$FILE ] ; then
-      if [ ! -e $ROCM_PATH/$DEST_DIR/$FILE ] ; then
-        ln -sf $ROCM_PATH/hcc/$SOURCE_DIR/$FILE $ROCM_PATH/$DEST_DIR/$FILE
-      fi
-    fi
+    ln -sf $ROCM_PATH/hcc/$SOURCE_DIR/$FILE $ROCM_PATH/$DEST_DIR/$FILE
   done
 }
 
-case "$1" in
-   configure|upgrade|1|2)
-   do_softlinks
-   ;;
-
-   abort-upgrade|abort-remove|abort-deconfigure)
-      echo "$1"
-    ;;
-
-   *)
-      echo "postinst called with unknown argument: $1" >&2
-      exit 0
-   ;;
-
-esac
-
+if [ $1 == "configure" ] || [ $1 == "upgrade" ] || [ "$1" -ge "1" ] ; then
+  do_softlinks
+fi
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diff --git a/packaging/debian/preinst_rpm.in b/packaging/debian/preinst_rpm.in
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..1385adb4538
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packaging/debian/preinst_rpm.in
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -e
+
+PACKAGE_NAME=@PACKAGE_NAME@
+INSTALL_PATH=@INSTALL_PATH@
+LIBRARY_DIR=@LIBRARY_DIR@
+PROCESSOR=@PROCESSOR@
+HCC_VERSION_MAJOR=@HCC_VERSION_MAJOR@
+HCC_VERSION_MINOR=@HCC_VERSION_MINOR@
+
+ROCM_PATH="/opt/rocm"
+
+# NOTE: if you modify this table, also update the same table in postinst
+SOFTLINKS=(
+# <SOURCE DIRECTORY> <DESTINATION DIRECTORY> <FILE>
+  "bin" "bin" "clamp-config"
+  "bin" "bin" "extractkernel"
+  "bin" "bin" "hcc"
+  "bin" "bin" "hcc-config"
+  "$LIBRARY_DIR" "lib" "libhc_am.so*"
+  "$LIBRARY_DIR" "lib" "libmcwamp.so*"
+  "$LIBRARY_DIR" "lib" "libmcwamp_cpu.so*"
+  "$LIBRARY_DIR" "lib" "libmcwamp_hsa.so*"
+  "$LIBRARY_DIR" "lib" "libclang_rt.builtins-${PROCESSOR}.a"
+)
+
+remove_all_softlinks_before_upgrade() {
+
+  for (( i=0; i<${#SOFTLINKS[@]}; i+=3 ))
+  do
+    SOURCE_DIR=${SOFTLINKS[i]}
+    DEST_DIR=${SOFTLINKS[i+1]}
+    FILE=${SOFTLINKS[i+2]}
+
+    rm -f  $ROCM_PATH/$DEST_DIR/$FILE
+  done
+  rm -f $ROCM_PATH/include/hcc
+  rm -f $ROCM_PATH/lib/cmake/hcc
+}
+
+if [ "$1" -ge "2" ] ; then
+  remove_all_softlinks_before_upgrade
+fi
+
diff --git a/packaging/debian/prerm.in b/packaging/debian/prerm.in
index 7b7906a2561..10698ad3259 100755
--- a/packaging/debian/prerm.in
+++ b/packaging/debian/prerm.in
@@ -25,14 +25,10 @@ SOFTLINKS=(
   "$LIBRARY_DIR" "lib" "libclang_rt.builtins-${PROCESSOR}.a"
 )
 
-do_softlinks() {
+remove_all_softlinks() {
 
   rm -f $INSTALL_PATH/include/hcc
 
-  if [ $PACKAGE_NAME == "hcc_hsail" ] && [ -L "$ROCM_PATH/hcc" ] && [ $(readlink -f $ROCM_PATH/hcc) == "$ROCM_PATH/hcc-lc" ] ; then
-      return
-  fi
-
   for (( i=0; i<${#SOFTLINKS[@]}; i+=3 ))
   do
     SOURCE_DIR=${SOFTLINKS[i]}
@@ -51,17 +47,6 @@ do_softlinks() {
   rmdir --ignore-fail-on-non-empty /opt/rocm     
 }
 
-
-case "$1" in
-   remove|purge|upgrade|0|1)
-   do_softlinks
-   ;;
-
-   *)
-      echo "postrm called with unknown argument: $1" >&2
-      exit 0
-   ;;
-
-esac
-
-
+if [ $1 == "remove" ] || [ $1 == "purge" ] || [ $1 == "upgrade" ] || [ "$1" -eq "0" ] ; then
+  remove_all_softlinks
+fi
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