diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a0def97..40f9d13 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -67,6 +67,9 @@ You need to be able to SSH to the zpkg user, SSH keys are recommended
 .
 +-- DEPS
 +-- DESC
++-- HOOKS
+|    +-- pre_install
+|    +-- ...
 +-- ROOT
 |    +-- /
 +-- HOME
@@ -76,6 +79,23 @@ You need to be able to SSH to the zpkg user, SSH keys are recommended
 - The HOME directory represents the home directory of the user
 - The DEPS file contains dependency packages separated by spaces or newlines. Dependencies are package names from the repository
 - The DESC file contains the description of the package
+- The HOOKS directory contains hooks to run on certain operations.
+
+#### Hooks
+
+Hooks are executable files that are run at some points during processing. <br>
+Files are named `ORDER_OPERATION` or `ORDER_OPERATION_user`, for example: `pre_install`, `post_upgrade_user`. <br>
+The `_user` file is executed as user while original is executed as root.
+
+Supported hooks:
+- pre_install
+- post_install
+- pre_upgrade
+- post_upgrade
+- pre_remove
+- post_remove
+
+> Suffix with `_user` to run as user
 
 ### Deploying packages
 
diff --git a/src/deploy.sh b/src/deploy.sh
index ef74cb1..87e9883 100644
--- a/src/deploy.sh
+++ b/src/deploy.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ package()
   pkg="$2"
 
   unset tmpdir
-  if [ ! -d "$src/ROOT" ] && [ ! -d "$src/HOME" ] && [ ! -f "$src/DEPS" ] && [ ! -f "$src/DESC" ]
+  if [ ! -d "$src/ROOT" ] && [ ! -d "$src/HOME" ] && [ ! -f "$src/DEPS" ] && [ ! -f "$src/DESC" ] && [ ! -d "$src/HOOKS" ]
   then
     tmpdir="$TMPDIR/zpkg_$(random_string 5)"
     mkdir -p "$tmpdir"
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ package()
   [ -f DESC ] && list="$list DESC"
   [ -d HOME ] && list="$list HOME"
   [ -d ROOT ] && list="$list ROOT"
+  [ -d HOOKS ] && list="$list HOOKS"
   size=$(du -sb $list | awk '{print $1}' | paste -sd+ | bc)
   echo "Packaging $(basename "$pkg"): $(echo "$size" | numfmt --to=iec-i)B"
   cc=$compress
diff --git a/src/hooks.sh b/src/hooks.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b686be4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/hooks.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# $1 = op , $2 = pre/post , $3 = sudo prefix
+hook() {
+  (
+    set -e
+    cd HOOKS 2>/dev/null || return 0
+    file=${2}_${1}
+    if [ -x "$file" ] ; then
+      $3 "./$file"
+    fi
+    if [ -x "${file}_user" ] ; then
+      "./${file}_user"
+    fi
+  )
+}
diff --git a/src/install.sh b/src/install.sh
index 39a559b..b567705 100644
--- a/src/install.sh
+++ b/src/install.sh
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-# $1 = file , $2 = prefix
+# $1 = file , $2 = prefix , $3 = target to extract
 unpack()
 {
   echo "Unpacking $1"
-  $pcompress -dc < "$1" 2>/dev/null | tar -xf -
+  $pcompress -dc < "$1" 2>/dev/null | tar -xf - $3
 }
 
 # $1 = package , $2 = prefix
@@ -43,13 +43,15 @@ install_package()
     (
       umask a+rx
       unpack "$1.tar.$extension" $2 || return $?
+      hook install pre $2
       [ -d "ROOT" ] || return 0
       copy_files ROOT "$ROOT_PATH/" $2 2>/dev/null || return $?
     ) || return $?
     copy_files HOME "$HOME" 2>/dev/null
     add_package_entry "$1" $2
+    hook install post $2
   )
   ret=$?
-  rm -r "$tmpdir" 2>/dev/null
+  rm -rf "$tmpdir" 2>/dev/null
   return $ret
 }
diff --git a/src/remove.sh b/src/remove.sh
index 1b2c3a6..23e9af8 100644
--- a/src/remove.sh
+++ b/src/remove.sh
@@ -11,21 +11,31 @@ delete_files()
 # $1 = package , $2 = prefix
 remove_package()
 {
-  (
-  cd "$PKG_PATH"
-  archive="$(pwd)/$1.tar.$extension"
-  if [ ! -f "$archive" ] || ! grep -q "^$1 " installed
+  archive="$PKG_PATH/$1.tar.$extension"
+  if [ ! -f "$archive" ] || ! grep -q "^$1 " "$PKG_PATH/installed"
   then
     echo "Package '$1' not installed" >&2
     return 1
   fi
-  echo "Removing $1"
 
-  list=$(cat "$archive" | $pcompress -dc 2>/dev/null | tar -tf - 2>/dev/null)
-  echo "$list" | grep "^ROOT/" | sed 's|^ROOT/||g' | tac | delete_files "$ROOT_PATH/" $2
-  echo "$list" | grep "^HOME/" | sed 's|^HOME/||g' | tac | delete_files "$HOME"
+  tmpdir="$TMPDIR/zpkg_$(random_string 5)"
+  mkdir -p "$tmpdir"
+  (
+    cd "$tmpdir" || exit $?
+    echo "Removing $1"
 
-  $2 rm "$archive" 2>/dev/null
-  $2 sed -i "/^$1 /d" installed
+    unpack "$archive" $2 HOOKS >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+
+    hook remove pre $2
+    list=$(cat "$archive" | $pcompress -dc 2>/dev/null | tar -tf - 2>/dev/null)
+    echo "$list" | grep "^ROOT/" | sed 's|^ROOT/||g' | tac | delete_files "$ROOT_PATH/" $2
+    echo "$list" | grep "^HOME/" | sed 's|^HOME/||g' | tac | delete_files "$HOME"
+
+    $2 rm "$archive" 2>/dev/null
+    $2 sed -i "/^$1 /d" "$PKG_PATH/installed"
+
+    hook remove post $2
   )
+  ret=$?
+  rm -rf "$tmpdir" 2>/dev/null
 }
diff --git a/src/upgrade.sh b/src/upgrade.sh
index ca4eb0d..551048c 100644
--- a/src/upgrade.sh
+++ b/src/upgrade.sh
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ upgrade_package()
     fetch_package "$1" || { echo "Package '$1' not found" >&2 && return 1; }
     unpack "$1.tar.$extension" || return $?
 
+    hook upgrade pre $2
+
     oldlist=$(cat "$PKG_PATH/$1.tar.$extension" | $pcompress -dc 2>/dev/null | tar -tf - 2>/dev/null | sort)
     echo "$oldlist" | grep "^ROOT/" | to_delete - ROOT | sed 's|^ROOT/||g' | tac | delete_files "$ROOT_PATH/" $2
     echo "$oldlist" | grep "^HOME/" | to_delete - HOME | sed 's|^HOME/||g' | tac | delete_files "$HOME"
@@ -33,9 +35,11 @@ upgrade_package()
     $2 cp "$1.tar.$extension" "$PKG_PATH"
     $2 chmod a+r "$PKG_PATH/$1.tar.$extension"
     add_package_entry "$1" $2
+
+    hook upgrade post $2
   )
   ret=$?
-  rm -r "$tmpdir" 2>/dev/null
+  rm -rf "$tmpdir" 2>/dev/null
   return $ret
 }