diff --git a/src/main/resources/com/typesafe/sbt/packager/archetypes/systemv/start-rpm-template b/src/main/resources/com/typesafe/sbt/packager/archetypes/systemv/start-rpm-template
index 57727568d..162cf2f59 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/com/typesafe/sbt/packager/archetypes/systemv/start-rpm-template
+++ b/src/main/resources/com/typesafe/sbt/packager/archetypes/systemv/start-rpm-template
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #
 # ${{app_name}} <${{app_name}}>
 #
-# chkconfig: - 20 80
+# chkconfig: 2345 20 80
 # description: ${{descr}}
 #
 
diff --git a/src/main/resources/com/typesafe/sbt/packager/rpm/postinstall b/src/main/resources/com/typesafe/sbt/packager/rpm/postinstall
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fb5c13fbd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/resources/com/typesafe/sbt/packager/rpm/postinstall
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+service ${{app_name}} start
diff --git a/src/main/resources/com/typesafe/sbt/packager/rpm/preinstall b/src/main/resources/com/typesafe/sbt/packager/rpm/preinstall
index 904a22cc8..12ae3e449 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/com/typesafe/sbt/packager/rpm/preinstall
+++ b/src/main/resources/com/typesafe/sbt/packager/rpm/preinstall
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@ if ! getent passwd | grep -q "^${{daemon_user}}:";
 then
     echo "Creating system user: ${{daemon_user}}"
     useradd --gid ${{daemon_group}} --no-create-home --system -c '${{descr}}' ${{daemon_user}}
-fi
\ No newline at end of file
+fi
diff --git a/src/main/resources/com/typesafe/sbt/packager/rpm/preuninstall b/src/main/resources/com/typesafe/sbt/packager/rpm/preuninstall
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2ffa1da1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/resources/com/typesafe/sbt/packager/rpm/preuninstall
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Halting ${{app_name}}
+echo "Shutdown ${{app_name}}"
+service ${{app_name}} stop    
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/scala/com/typesafe/sbt/packager/archetypes/JavaServerApplication.scala b/src/main/scala/com/typesafe/sbt/packager/archetypes/JavaServerApplication.scala
index 2c4b6a977..bda8120c9 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/com/typesafe/sbt/packager/archetypes/JavaServerApplication.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/com/typesafe/sbt/packager/archetypes/JavaServerApplication.scala
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ object JavaServerAppPackaging {
   def linuxSettings: Seq[Setting[_]] = Seq(
     // This one is begging for sbt 0.13 syntax...
     linuxScriptReplacements <<= (
+      // TODO do we need to separated rpm and debian maintainers?
       maintainer in Linux, packageSummary in Linux, daemonUser in Linux, daemonGroup in Linux, normalizedName,
       sbt.Keys.version, defaultLinuxInstallLocation, linuxJavaAppStartScriptBuilder in Debian)
       apply { (author, descr, daemonUser, daemonGroup, name, version, installLocation, builder) =>
@@ -117,12 +118,20 @@ object JavaServerAppPackaging {
     // == Maintainer scripts ===
     // TODO this is very basic - align debian and rpm plugin
     rpmPre <<= (rpmPre, linuxScriptReplacements) apply { (pre, replacements) =>
+      val scriptBits = TemplateWriter.generateScript(RpmPlugin.preinstTemplateSource, replacements)
+      Some(pre.map(_ + "\n").getOrElse("") + scriptBits)
+    },
+    rpmPost <<= (rpmPost, linuxScriptReplacements) apply { (pre, replacements) =>
       val scriptBits = TemplateWriter.generateScript(RpmPlugin.postinstTemplateSource, replacements)
       Some(pre.map(_ + "\n").getOrElse("") + scriptBits)
     },
     rpmPostun <<= (rpmPostun, linuxScriptReplacements) apply { (post, replacements) =>
       val scriptBits = TemplateWriter.generateScript(RpmPlugin.postuninstallTemplateSource, replacements)
       Some(post.map(_ + "\n").getOrElse("") + scriptBits)
+    },
+    rpmPreun <<= (rpmPostun, linuxScriptReplacements) apply { (post, replacements) =>
+      val scriptBits = TemplateWriter.generateScript(RpmPlugin.preuninstallTemplateSource, replacements)
+      Some(post.map(_ + "\n").getOrElse("") + scriptBits)
     }
   )
 
diff --git a/src/main/scala/com/typesafe/sbt/packager/rpm/RpmPlugin.scala b/src/main/scala/com/typesafe/sbt/packager/rpm/RpmPlugin.scala
index d5579af3c..e83e22c9b 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/com/typesafe/sbt/packager/rpm/RpmPlugin.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/com/typesafe/sbt/packager/rpm/RpmPlugin.scala
@@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ trait RpmPlugin extends Plugin with LinuxPlugin {
 
 object RpmPlugin {
 
+  def preinstTemplateSource: java.net.URL = getClass.getResource("preinstall")
+  def postinstTemplateSource: java.net.URL = getClass.getResource("postinstall")
+  def preuninstallTemplateSource: java.net.URL = getClass.getResource("preuninstall")
   def postuninstallTemplateSource: java.net.URL = getClass.getResource("postuninstall")
-  def postinstTemplateSource: java.net.URL = getClass.getResource("preinstall")
 }