diff --git a/debian/arch/sparc/defines b/debian/arch/sparc/defines
index 901252cf0..e014a74e0 100644
--- a/debian/arch/sparc/defines
+++ b/debian/arch/sparc/defines
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ suggests: silo, fdutils
 kernel-arch: sparc
 kernel-subarch: sparc
 kernel-headers-dirs: sparc
-image-postproc: strip -R .comment -R .note -K sun4u_init -K _end -K _start arch/sparc/boot/image
+image-postproc: sparc32-image-postproc
 class: uniprocessor sparc32 (sun4m) machines
 
 [sparc64]
diff --git a/debian/bin/sparc32-image-postproc b/debian/bin/sparc32-image-postproc
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..f88d90c84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/bin/sparc32-image-postproc
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# It is a bit cumbersome here. Since we are executed when
+# the image is already installed and in place, we must
+# unpack it, then strip it, then gzip it again.
+image_dest="${IMAGE_TOP}/boot/vmlinuz-${version}"
+image_temp="$(mktemp)"
+gzip -dc "${image_dest}" > "${image_temp}"
+strip -R .comment -R .note -K sun4u_init -K _end -K _start "${image_temp}"
+gzip -9c "${image_temp}" > "${image_dest}"
+rm -rf "${image_temp}"
diff --git a/debian/rules.real b/debian/rules.real
index 75dd6255e..fc3a3c709 100644
--- a/debian/rules.real
+++ b/debian/rules.real
@@ -163,9 +163,6 @@ install-doc: $(STAMPS_DIR)/source
 	cd '$(DIR)' && $(setup_env) make-kpkg --stem linux 		\
 		--config defconfig kernel-manual
 	cat '$(DIR)/debian/files' >> debian/files
-ifdef IMAGE_POSTPROC
-	cd '$(DIR)'; $(IMAGE_POSTPROC)
-endif
 	@for i in $$(awk '{ print $$1; }' '$(DIR)/debian/files'); do	\
 	  echo "mv \"$(BUILD_DIR)/$$i\" ..";				\
 	  mv "$(BUILD_DIR)/$$i" ..;					\
@@ -185,11 +182,13 @@ install-image-$(ARCH)-$(SUBARCH)-$(FLAVOUR): DIR=$(BUILD_DIR)/$@
 install-image-$(ARCH)-$(SUBARCH)-$(FLAVOUR): $(STAMPS_DIR)/build-$(ARCH)-$(SUBARCH)-$(FLAVOUR)
 	rm -rf '$(DIR)'
 	cp -al '$(SOURCE_DIR)' '$(DIR)'
+ifdef IMAGE_POSTPROC
+#	Install the postproc script into the hook directory
+	install -d '$(DIR)/debian/image.d'
+	install 'debian/bin/$(IMAGE_POSTPROC)' '$(DIR)/debian/image.d'
+endif
 	cd '$(DIR)'; $(setup_env) $(kpkg_image) kernel-image
 	cat '$(DIR)/debian/files' >> debian/files
-ifdef IMAGE_POSTPROC
-	cd '$(DIR)'; $(IMAGE_POSTPROC)
-endif
 	@for i in $$(awk '{ print $$1; }' '$(DIR)/debian/files'); do	\
 	  echo "mv \"$(BUILD_DIR)/$$i\" ..";				\
 	  mv "$(BUILD_DIR)/$$i" ..;					\