diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 25437c09f..21dc35a7f 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ This release contains contributions from (alphabetically by first name):
    and then sized to the actual SD card the user has used.
  * The *mount* module now handles missing *extraMounts* and *extraMountsEfi*
    keys gracefully (this is probably a misconfiguration issue).
+ * The *packages* module now supports pre- and post-script options
+   for all operations, not just during install (keep in mind that
+   these run as three separate shells, though).
 
 # 3.2.2 (2018-09-04) #
 
diff --git a/src/modules/packages/main.py b/src/modules/packages/main.py
index bffd6a945..9116cf2ef 100644
--- a/src/modules/packages/main.py
+++ b/src/modules/packages/main.py
@@ -126,7 +126,8 @@ class PackageManager(metaclass=abc.ABCMeta):
         """
         Install a package from a single entry in the install list.
         This can be either a single package name, or an object
-        with pre- and post-scripts.
+        with pre- and post-scripts. If @p packagedata is a dict,
+        it is assumed to follow the documented structure.
 
         @param packagedata: str|dict
         @param from_local: bool
@@ -139,6 +140,22 @@ class PackageManager(metaclass=abc.ABCMeta):
             self.install([packagedata["package"]], from_local=from_local)
             self.run(packagedata["post-script"])
 
+    def remove_package(self, packagedata):
+        """
+        Remove a package from a single entry in the remove list.
+        This can be either a single package name, or an object
+        with pre- and post-scripts. If @p packagedata is a dict,
+        it is assumed to follow the documented structure.
+
+        @param packagedata: str|dict
+        """
+        if isinstance(packagedata, str):
+            self.remove([packagedata], from_local=from_local)
+        else:
+            self.run(packagedata["pre-script"])
+            self.remove([packagedata["package"]], from_local=from_local)
+            self.run(packagedata["post-script"])
+
 
 class PMPackageKit(PackageManager):
     backend = "packagekit"
@@ -440,19 +457,27 @@ def run_operations(pkgman, entry):
                     libcalamares.utils.warning(warn_text)
         elif key == "remove":
             _change_mode(REMOVE)
-            pkgman.remove(package_list)
+            if all([isinstance(x, str) for x in package_list]):
+                pkgman.remove(package_list)
+            else:
+                for package in package_list:
+                    pkgman.remove_package(package)
         elif key == "try_remove":
             _change_mode(REMOVE)
             for package in package_list:
                 try:
-                    pkgman.remove([package])
+                    pkgman.remove_package(package)
                 except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
                     warn_text = "Could not remove package "
-                    warn_text += package
+                    warn_text += str(package)
                     libcalamares.utils.warning(warn_text)
         elif key == "localInstall":
             _change_mode(INSTALL)
-            pkgman.install(package_list, from_local=True)
+            if all([isinstance(x, str) for x in package_list]):
+                pkgman.install(package_list, from_local=True)
+            else:
+                for package in package_list:
+                    pkgman.install_package(package, from_local=True)
 
         completed_packages += len(package_list)
         libcalamares.job.setprogress(completed_packages * 1.0 / total_packages)
diff --git a/src/modules/packages/packages.conf b/src/modules/packages/packages.conf
index 974ba07a7..94f3cfdb6 100644
--- a/src/modules/packages/packages.conf
+++ b/src/modules/packages/packages.conf
@@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ update_system: false
 # - localInstall: this is used to call the package manager
 #       to install a package from a path-to-a-package. This is
 #       useful if you have a static package archive on the install media.
+#       The *pacman* package manager is the only one to specially support
+#       this operation (all others treat this the same as *install*).
 # - remove, try_remove: will call the package manager to
 #       remove one or more packages. The remove target will
 #       abort the whole installation if package-removal fails,
@@ -91,18 +93,20 @@ update_system: false
 #
 # Any package name may be localized; this is used to install localization
 # packages for software based on the selected system locale. By including
-# the string LOCALE in the package name, the following happens:
+# the string `LOCALE` in the package name, the following happens:
 #
 # - if the system locale is English (any variety), then the package is not
 #   installed at all,
-# - otherwise $LOCALE or ${LOCALE} is replaced by the 'lower-cased' BCP47
+# - otherwise `$LOCALE` or `${LOCALE}` is replaced by the 'lower-cased' BCP47
 #   name of the 'language' part of the selected system locale (not the
 #   country/region/dialect part), e.g. selecting "nl_BE" will use "nl"
 #   here.
 #
-# Take care that just plain LOCALE will not be replaced, so foo-LOCALE will
-# be left unchanged, while foo-$LOCALE will be changed. However, foo-LOCALE
-# 'will' be removed from the list of packages, if English is selected.
+# Take care that just plain `LOCALE` will not be replaced, so `foo-LOCALE` will
+# be left unchanged, while `foo-$LOCALE` will be changed. However, `foo-LOCALE`
+# **will** be removed from the list of packages (i.e. not installed), if 
+# English is selected. If a non-English locale is selected, then `foo-LOCALE`
+# will be installed, unchanged (no language-name-substitution occurs).
 #
 # The following installs localizations for vi, if they are relevant; if
 # there is no localization, installation continues normally.