diff --git a/scripts/create-mkdebian.sh b/scripts/create-mkdebian.sh
index f9ff073b..a302d945 100644
--- a/scripts/create-mkdebian.sh
+++ b/scripts/create-mkdebian.sh
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ override_dh_auto_install:
 	mkdir -p \`dirname \$INSTALL_LOG\`
 	> \$INSTALL_LOG
 	\\\$(MAKE) ENV_PREFIX=\\\$(ENV_PREFIX) INSTALL_LOG=\\\$(INSTALL_LOG) install
-	/bin/bash milk-install-log.sh -p \\\$(ENV_PREFIX) -n \\\$(NAME) -t deb \$INSTALL_LOG \\\$(DEB_DIR)
+	/bin/bash pkg.sh milk-install-log -p \\\$(ENV_PREFIX) -n \\\$(NAME) -t deb \$INSTALL_LOG \\\$(DEB_DIR)
 	dh_installdirs
 
 override_dh_shlibdeps:
diff --git a/scripts/pkg.sh b/scripts/pkg.sh
index e12f5673..e402bb61 100644
--- a/scripts/pkg.sh
+++ b/scripts/pkg.sh
@@ -652,6 +652,95 @@ cmd_log_install()
 	fi
 }
 
+cmd_milk_install_log()
+{
+	milk_install_log_usage()
+	{
+		echo "usage: $myname [-h] [-n pkg-name] [-t rpm|deb] [-p remove-prefix] install-log output-dir"
+	}
+
+	milk_install_log_spec_attr()
+	{
+		local attr=$1
+		shift
+		#echo "extracting attribute $attr from \"$@\"" >&2
+		echo "$*" | sed "s/.*attr(\([0-9]\+\),\([^,]\+\),\([^,)]\+\)).*/\\$attr/"
+	}
+
+	milk_install_log_init_postinst()
+	{
+		cat <<- EOT > $1
+		#!/bin/sh
+
+		EOT
+		chmod 755 $1
+	}
+
+	local type name prefix in out
+	set -- `getopt ht:p:n: "$@"`
+
+	while [ "$1" != -- ]; do
+	case $1 in
+		-h)
+			usage 0;;
+		-t)
+			type="$2"; shift;;
+		-n)
+			name="$2"; shift;;
+		-p)
+			prefix="$2"; shift;;
+		*)
+			milk_install_log_usage 1;;
+	esac
+	shift
+	done
+	shift
+
+	[ $# != 2 ] && milk_install_log_usage 1
+
+	in=$1
+	out=$2
+
+	local filter_devel='/include/.*.h$\|devel\|make\|lib.*\.a$\|lib.*\.so$\|.*\.exp$\|.*\.def$\|.*\.lib$'
+
+	# TODO: simplify this
+	case $type in
+	rpm)
+		cat $in | sed "s% $prefix% %//" | grep -ve $filter_devel > $out/files-$name-run
+		cat $in | sed "s% $prefix% %//" | grep -e  $filter_devel > $out/files-$name-devel
+		;;
+	deb)
+		cat $in | grep -v "%dir" | sed "s% $prefix% %; s%//*%/%g; s/.*) *//" | grep -ve $filter_devel | sed 's/\(.*\)\/\([^/]\+\) *$/inst-root\1\/\2 \1/' > $out/$name-run.install
+		cat $in | grep -v "%dir" | sed "s% $prefix% %; s%//*%/%g; s/.*) *//" | grep -e  $filter_devel | sed 's/\(.*\)\/\([^/]\+\) *$/inst-root\1\/\2 \1/' > $out/$name-devel.install
+		cat $in | grep    "%dir" | sed "s% $prefix% %; s%//*%/%g; s/.*) *//" | grep -ve $filter_devel | sed 's/\(.*\)\/\([^/]\+\) *$/\1\/\2/; s%^/%%' | sort -u > $out/$name-run.dirs
+		cat $in | grep    "%dir" | sed "s% $prefix% %; s%//*%/%g; s/.*) *//" | grep -e  $filter_devel | sed 's/\(.*\)\/\([^/]\+\) *$/\1\/\2/; s%^/%%' | sort -u > $out/$name-devel.dirs
+		#cat $in | sed "/%config/ !d; s% $prefix% %; s%//*%/%g; s/.*) *//" | grep -ve $filter_devel > $out/conffiles
+		cat $in | sed "/%config/ !d; s% $prefix% %; s%//*%/%g; s/.*) *//" | grep -ve $filter_devel > $out/conffiles.$name-run
+		cat $in | sed "/%config/ !d; s% $prefix% %; s%//*%/%g; s/.*) *//" | grep -e  $filter_devel > $out/conffiles.$name-devel
+
+		for p in run devel; do
+			postinst=$out/$name-$p.postinst
+			init_postinst $postinst
+			cat $out/$name-$p.dirs $out/$name-$p.install | grep . | while read file dir; do
+				#echo read file \"$file\" >&2
+				file=`echo /$file | sed 's/inst-root\///; s%^//*%/%'`
+				#echo file is now \"$file\" >&2
+				#echo grep \"$prefix/*$file$\" $in >&2
+				line=`grep $file$ $in`
+				perm=`milk_install_log_spec_attr 1 "$line"`
+				owner=`milk_install_log_spec_attr 2 "$line"`
+				group=`milk_install_log_spec_attr 3 "$line"`
+				echo "chown $owner:$group $file" >> $postinst
+				echo "chmod $perm $file" >> $postinst
+			done
+		done
+		;;
+	*)
+		milk_install_log_usage 1
+		;;
+	esac
+}
+
 # ---- here we go
 umask 0022
 trap goodbye SIGINT SIGKILL
@@ -812,6 +901,9 @@ hash)
 log-install)
 	eval cmd_log_install "$@"
 	;;
+milk-install-log)
+	eval cmd_milk_install_log "$@"
+	;;
 *)
 	usage 1
 	;;