diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 9e0df37..31641a9 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ LIBRARY_SHELL=beelib.config
 
 HELPER_BEESH_SHELL=configure cmake autogen perl-module perl-module-makemaker make python-module
 
+HELPER_HOOKS_SHELL=update-mime-database glib-compile-schemas mkfontdir-mkfontscale gtk-update-icon-cache \
+                   ldconfig update-desktop-database gdk-pixbuf-query-loaders
+
 CONFIG_TEMPLATES=fallback
 CONFIG_FILES=skiplist beerc
 
@@ -130,6 +133,12 @@ install-core: build
 	     install -m 0644 src/beesh.d/$${i}.sh ${DESTDIR}${LIBEXECDIR}/bee/beesh.d/$${i}.sh ; \
 	 done
 
+	@mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}${LIBEXECDIR}/bee/hooks.d
+	@for i in ${HELPER_HOOKS_SHELL} ; do \
+	     echo "installing ${DESTDIR}${LIBEXECDIR}/bee/hooks.d/$${i}.sh" ; \
+	     install -m 0755 src/hooks.d/$${i}.sh ${DESTDIR}${LIBEXECDIR}/bee/hooks.d/$${i}.sh ; \
+	 done
+
 install-config:
 	@mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}${DEFCONFDIR}/bee
 
diff --git a/src/bee-install.sh.in b/src/bee-install.sh.in
index 3898c25..b74ec27 100755
--- a/src/bee-install.sh.in
+++ b/src/bee-install.sh.in
@@ -260,9 +260,20 @@ do_install() {
         --transform="s,^PATCHES,${BEE_METADIR}/${pkg}/PATCHES," \
         --show-transformed-names
 
+    [ "${NOOP}" != "yes" ] && run_hooks post-install ${pkg}
+
     exit $?
 }
 
+function run_hooks() {
+    local action=${1}
+    local pkg=${2}
+
+    for t in ${BEE_LIBEXECDIR}/bee/hooks.d/*.sh ; do
+        ${t} ${action} ${pkg}
+    done
+}
+
 ###############################################################################
 ### print_pkg_list ###
 ##
diff --git a/src/bee-remove.sh.in b/src/bee-remove.sh.in
index fff3b06..85b3b29 100755
--- a/src/bee-remove.sh.in
+++ b/src/bee-remove.sh.in
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ do_remove() {
 
     FILES=$(@BINDIR@/beefind.pl --dump ${pkg}/FILES)
 
+    [ "${NOOP}" != "yes" ] && run_hooks pre-remove ${pkg}
+
     # removing files
     for f in $FILES ; do
         # test for other pkg
@@ -63,12 +65,23 @@ do_remove() {
         fi
     done
 
+    [ "${NOOP}" != "yes" ] && run_hooks post-remove ${pkg}
+
     #cleaning up meta directory
     if [ -f ${pkg}/FILES ] ; then
         ${NOOP:+echo} rm -vfr ${pkg}
     fi
 }
 
+function run_hooks() {
+    local action=${1}
+    local pkg=${2##*/}
+
+    for t in ${BEE_LIBEXECDIR}/bee/hooks.d/*.sh ; do
+        ${t} ${action} ${pkg}
+    done
+}
+
 usage() {
     cat <<-EOF
 	bee-remove v${VERSION} 2009-2011
diff --git a/src/hooks.d/gdk-pixbuf-query-loaders.sh b/src/hooks.d/gdk-pixbuf-query-loaders.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8f660bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/hooks.d/gdk-pixbuf-query-loaders.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+action=${1}
+pkg=${2}
+
+if [ -z ${BEE_VERSION} ] ; then
+    echo >&2 "BEE-ERROR: cannot call $0 from the outside of bee .."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+if ! which gdk-pixbuf-query-loaders >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+gdk_pixbuf_moduledir=$(pkg-config --variable=gdk_pixbuf_moduledir gdk-pixbuf-2.0)
+gdk_pixbuf_cache_file=$(pkg-config --variable=gdk_pixbuf_cache_file gdk-pixbuf-2.0)
+
+if grep -q "file=${gdk_pixbuf_moduledir}" ${BEE_METADIR}/${pkg}/FILES ; then
+    case "${action}" in
+        "post-install")
+            rm -f ${gdk_pixbuf_cache_file}
+            gdk-pixbuf-query-loaders --update-cache
+            ;;
+        "pre-remove")
+            rm -f ${gdk_pixbuf_cache_file}
+            ;;
+        "post-remove")
+            gdk-pixbuf-query-loaders --update-cache
+            ;;
+    esac
+fi
diff --git a/src/hooks.d/glib-compile-schemas.sh b/src/hooks.d/glib-compile-schemas.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..307ccc7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/hooks.d/glib-compile-schemas.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+action=${1}
+pkg=${2}
+
+if [ -z ${BEE_VERSION} ] ; then
+    echo >&2 "BEE-ERROR: cannot call $0 from the outside of bee .."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+if ! which glib-compile-schemas >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+for dir in ${XDG_DATA_DIRS//:/ } ; do
+    schema_dir=${dir}/glib-2.0/schemas
+    if grep -q "file=${schema_dir}" ${BEE_METADIR}/${pkg}/FILES ; then
+        case "${action}" in
+            "post-install")
+                rm -f ${schema_dir}/gschemas.compiled
+                glib-compile-schemas ${schema_dir}
+                ;;
+            "pre-remove")
+                rm -f ${schema_dir}/gschemas.compiled
+                ;;
+            "post-remove")
+                glib-compile-schemas ${schema_dir}
+                ;;
+        esac
+    fi
+done
diff --git a/src/hooks.d/gtk-update-icon-cache.sh b/src/hooks.d/gtk-update-icon-cache.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c6b80e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/hooks.d/gtk-update-icon-cache.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+action=${1}
+pkg=${2}
+
+if [ -z ${BEE_VERSION} ] ; then
+    echo >&2 "BEE-ERROR: cannot call $0 from the outside of bee .."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+if ! which gtk-update-icon-cache >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+for dir in ${XDG_DATA_DIRS//:/ } ; do
+    icon_base_dir=${dir}/icons
+    for line in $(grep -h "file=${icon_base_dir}/.*/index.theme" ${BEE_METADIR}/${pkg}/FILES) ; do
+        eval $(beesep ${line})
+        icon_dir=${file%%/index.theme}
+        case "${action}" in
+            "post-install")
+                rm -f ${icon_dir}/icon-theme.cache
+                gtk-update-icon-cache -f ${icon_dir}
+                ;;
+            "pre-remove")
+                rm -f ${icon_dir}/icon-theme.cache
+                ;;
+        esac
+    done
+done
diff --git a/src/hooks.d/ldconfig.sh b/src/hooks.d/ldconfig.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..385b0fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/hooks.d/ldconfig.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+action=${1}
+pkg=${2}
+
+if [ -z ${BEE_VERSION} ] ; then
+    echo >&2 "BEE-ERROR: cannot call $0 from the outside of bee .."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ ${UID} -ne 0 ] ; then
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+if ! which ldconfig >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+if grep -q "/lib/" ${BEE_METADIR}/${pkg}/FILES ; then
+    case "${action}" in
+        "post-install")
+            ldconfig
+            ;;
+        "post-remove")
+            ldconfig
+            ;;
+    esac
+fi
diff --git a/src/hooks.d/mkfontdir-mkfontscale.sh b/src/hooks.d/mkfontdir-mkfontscale.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1b8d7eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/hooks.d/mkfontdir-mkfontscale.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+action=${1}
+pkg=${2}
+
+if [ -z ${BEE_VERSION} ] ; then
+    echo >&2 "BEE-ERROR: cannot call $0 from the outside of bee .."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+if ! which mkfontscale mkfontdir >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+function clean_font_dirs() {
+    local font_base_dir=${1}
+
+    font_dirs=$(find ${font_base_dir} -mindepth 1 -type d)
+    for d in ${font_dirs} ; do
+        rm -f ${d}/fonts.{scale,dir}
+    done
+}
+
+function update_fonts() {
+    local font_base_dir=${1}
+
+    font_dirs=$(find ${font_base_dir} -mindepth 1 -type d)
+    for d in ${font_dirs} ; do
+        mkfontscale ${d}
+        mkfontdir ${d}
+    done
+}
+
+for dir in ${XDG_DATA_DIRS//:/ } ; do
+    font_base_dir=${dir}/fonts
+    if grep -q "file=${font_base_dir}" ${BEE_METADIR}/${pkg}/FILES ; then
+        case "${action}" in
+            "post-install")
+                clean_font_dirs ${font_base_dir}
+                update_fonts ${font_base_dir}
+                ;;
+            "pre-remove")
+                clean_font_dirs ${font_base_dir}
+                ;;
+            "post-remove")
+                update_fonts ${font_base_dir}
+                ;;
+        esac
+    fi
+done
diff --git a/src/hooks.d/update-desktop-database.sh b/src/hooks.d/update-desktop-database.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7281f78
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/hooks.d/update-desktop-database.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+action=${1}
+pkg=${2}
+
+if [ -z ${BEE_VERSION} ] ; then
+    echo >&2 "BEE-ERROR: cannot call $0 from the outside of bee .."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+if ! which update-desktop-database >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+for dir in ${XDG_DATA_DIRS//:/ } ; do
+    desktop_dir=${dir}/applications
+    if grep -q "file=${desktop_dir}/.*\.desktop" ${BEE_METADIR}/${pkg}/FILES ; then
+        case "${action}" in
+            "post-install")
+                rm -f ${desktop_dir}/mimeinfo.cache
+                update-desktop-database ${desktop_dir}
+                ;;
+            "pre-remove")
+                rm -f ${desktop_dir}/mimeinfo.cache
+                ;;
+            "post-remove")
+                update-desktop-database ${desktop_dir}
+                ;;
+        esac
+    fi
+done
diff --git a/src/hooks.d/update-mime-database.sh b/src/hooks.d/update-mime-database.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..607ae51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/hooks.d/update-mime-database.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+action=${1}
+pkg=${2}
+
+if [ -z ${BEE_VERSION} ] ; then
+    echo >&2 "BEE-ERROR: cannot call $0 from the outside of bee .."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+if ! which update-mime-database >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+for dir in ${XDG_DATA_DIRS//:/ } ; do
+    mime_dir=${dir}/mime
+    if grep -q "file=${mime_dir}/packages" ${BEE_METADIR}/${pkg}/FILES ; then
+        case "${action}" in
+            "post-install")
+                update-mime-database ${mime_dir}
+                ;;
+            "post-remove")
+                update-mime-database ${mime_dir}
+                ;;
+        esac
+    fi
+done