diff --git a/meta/classes/package_rpm.bbclass b/meta/classes/package_rpm.bbclass
index 98aa98b03b..36bad09ea1 100644
--- a/meta/classes/package_rpm.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/package_rpm.bbclass
@@ -391,6 +391,10 @@ EOF
 	fi
 
 	# Construct install scriptlet wrapper
+	# Scripts need to be ordered when executed, this ensures numeric order
+	# If we ever run into needing more the 899 scripts, we'll have to
+	# change num to start with 1000.
+	#
 	cat << EOF > ${WORKDIR}/scriptlet_wrapper
 #!/bin/bash
 
@@ -406,11 +410,13 @@ export NATIVE_ROOT=${STAGING_DIR_NATIVE}
 if [ \$? -ne 0 ]; then
   if [ \$4 -eq 1 ]; then
     mkdir -p \$1/etc/rpm-postinsts
+    num=100
+    while [ -e \$1/etc/rpm-postinsts/\${num}-* ]; do num=\$((num + 1)); done
     name=\`head -1 \$1/\$3 | cut -d' ' -f 2\`
-    echo "#!\$2" > \$1/etc/rpm-postinsts/\${name}
-    echo "# Arg: \$4" >> \$1/etc/rpm-postinsts/\${name}
-    cat \$1/\$3 >> \$1/etc/rpm-postinsts/\${name}
-    chmod +x \$1/etc/rpm-postinsts/\${name}
+    echo "#!\$2" > \$1/etc/rpm-postinsts/\${num}-\${name}
+    echo "# Arg: \$4" >> \$1/etc/rpm-postinsts/\${num}-\${name}
+    cat \$1/\$3 >> \$1/etc/rpm-postinsts/\${num}-\${name}
+    chmod +x \$1/etc/rpm-postinsts/\${num}-\${name}
   else
     echo "Error: pre/post remove scriptlet failed"
   fi
diff --git a/meta/classes/rootfs_deb.bbclass b/meta/classes/rootfs_deb.bbclass
index 0161f7a718..b1c52f9dd6 100644
--- a/meta/classes/rootfs_deb.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/rootfs_deb.bbclass
@@ -107,9 +107,14 @@ delayed_postinsts () {
 }
 
 save_postinsts () {
+	# Scripts need to be ordered when executed, this ensures numeric order
+	# If we ever run into needing more the 899 scripts, we'll have to
+	# change num to start with 1000.
+	num=100
 	for p in $(delayed_postinsts); do
 		install -d ${IMAGE_ROOTFS}${sysconfdir}/deb-postinsts
-		cp ${IMAGE_ROOTFS}/var/lib/dpkg/info/$p.postinst ${IMAGE_ROOTFS}${sysconfdir}/deb-postinsts/$p
+		cp ${IMAGE_ROOTFS}/var/lib/dpkg/info/$p.postinst ${IMAGE_ROOTFS}${sysconfdir}/deb-postinsts/$num-$p
+		num=`echo \$((num+1))`
 	done
 }
 
diff --git a/meta/classes/rootfs_ipk.bbclass b/meta/classes/rootfs_ipk.bbclass
index a37ab14df7..b0805dc329 100644
--- a/meta/classes/rootfs_ipk.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/rootfs_ipk.bbclass
@@ -106,9 +106,14 @@ delayed_postinsts () {
 }
 
 save_postinsts () {
+	# Scripts need to be ordered when executed, this ensures numeric order
+	# If we ever run into needing more the 899 scripts, we'll have to
+	# change num to start with 1000.
+	num=100
 	for p in $(delayed_postinsts); do
 		install -d ${IMAGE_ROOTFS}${sysconfdir}/ipk-postinsts
-		cp ${IMAGE_ROOTFS}${OPKGLIBDIR}/opkg/info/$p.postinst ${IMAGE_ROOTFS}${sysconfdir}/ipk-postinsts/$p
+		cp ${IMAGE_ROOTFS}${OPKGLIBDIR}/opkg/info/$p.postinst ${IMAGE_ROOTFS}${sysconfdir}/ipk-postinsts/$num-$p
+		num=`echo \$((num+1))`
 	done
 }