diff --git a/scripts/package/builddeb b/scripts/package/builddeb
index 4876ff3154a1..5eecbbe58114 100644
--- a/scripts/package/builddeb
+++ b/scripts/package/builddeb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 #
-# builddeb 1.2
+# builddeb 1.3
 # Copyright 2003 Wichert Akkerman <wichert@wiggy.net>
 #
 # Simple script to generate a deb package for a Linux kernel. All the
@@ -75,6 +75,9 @@ for script in postinst postrm preinst prerm ; do
 
 set -e
 
+# Pass maintainer script parameters to hook scripts
+export DEB_MAINT_PARAMS="\$@"
+
 test -d /etc/kernel/$script.d && run-parts --arg="$version" /etc/kernel/$script.d
 exit 0
 EOF