diff --git a/meta/classes/image.bbclass b/meta/classes/image.bbclass
index 573c90539c..fb932b9d66 100644
--- a/meta/classes/image.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/image.bbclass
@@ -143,6 +143,12 @@ fakeroot do_rootfs () {
     # When use the rpm incremental image generation, don't remove the rootfs
     if [ "${INC_RPM_IMAGE_GEN}" != "1" -o "${IMAGE_PKGTYPE}" != "rpm" ]; then
         rm -rf ${IMAGE_ROOTFS}
+    elif [ -d ${T}/saved_rpmlib/var/lib/rpm ]; then
+        # Move the rpmlib back
+        if [ ! -d ${IMAGE_ROOTFS}/var/lib/rpm ]; then
+                mkdir -p ${IMAGE_ROOTFS}/var/lib/
+                mv ${T}/saved_rpmlib/var/lib/rpm ${IMAGE_ROOTFS}/var/lib/
+        fi
     fi
 	rm -rf ${MULTILIB_TEMP_ROOTFS}
 	mkdir -p ${IMAGE_ROOTFS}
diff --git a/meta/classes/rootfs_rpm.bbclass b/meta/classes/rootfs_rpm.bbclass
index 9039b21a07..fbc46c056a 100644
--- a/meta/classes/rootfs_rpm.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/rootfs_rpm.bbclass
@@ -154,7 +154,11 @@ EOF
 }
 
 remove_packaging_data_files() {
-	rm -rf ${IMAGE_ROOTFS}${rpmlibdir}
+	# Save the rpmlib for increment rpm image generation
+	t="${T}/saved_rpmlib/var/lib"
+	rm -fr $t
+	mkdir -p $t
+	mv ${IMAGE_ROOTFS}${rpmlibdir} $t
 	rm -rf ${IMAGE_ROOTFS}${opkglibdir}
 }