diff --git a/lib/libalpm/add.c b/lib/libalpm/add.c
index 6d245ba9..527edb75 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/add.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/add.c
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ static int commit_single_pkg(alpm_handle_t *handle, alpm_pkg_t *newpkg,
 			!(trans->flags & ALPM_TRANS_FLAG_NOSCRIPTLET)) {
 		const char *scriptlet_name = is_upgrade ? "pre_upgrade" : "pre_install";
 
-		_alpm_runscriptlet(handle, pkgfile, scriptlet_name,
+		_alpm_runscriptlet(handle, newpkg->name, pkgfile, scriptlet_name,
 				newpkg->version, oldpkg ? oldpkg->version : NULL, 1);
 	}
 
@@ -641,7 +641,7 @@ static int commit_single_pkg(alpm_handle_t *handle, alpm_pkg_t *newpkg,
 		char *scriptlet = _alpm_local_db_pkgpath(db, newpkg, "install");
 		const char *scriptlet_name = is_upgrade ? "post_upgrade" : "post_install";
 
-		_alpm_runscriptlet(handle, scriptlet, scriptlet_name,
+		_alpm_runscriptlet(handle, newpkg->name, scriptlet, scriptlet_name,
 				newpkg->version, oldpkg ? oldpkg->version : NULL, 0);
 		free(scriptlet);
 	}
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/alpm.h b/lib/libalpm/alpm.h
index e7fc7bbf..93edd91a 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/alpm.h
+++ b/lib/libalpm/alpm.h
@@ -750,6 +750,10 @@ typedef enum _alpm_event_type_t {
 	ALPM_EVENT_LOAD_START,
 	/** Target package is finished loading. */
 	ALPM_EVENT_LOAD_DONE,
+	/** An install file is about to be ran */
+	ALPM_EVENT_INSTALL_RUN_START,
+	/** An install file has finished running */
+	ALPM_EVENT_INSTALL_RUN_DONE,
 	/** Scriptlet has printed information; See alpm_event_scriptlet_info_t for
 	 * arguments. */
 	ALPM_EVENT_SCRIPTLET_INFO,
@@ -840,10 +844,32 @@ typedef struct _alpm_event_optdep_removal_t {
 	alpm_depend_t *optdep;
 } alpm_event_optdep_removal_t;
 
+/** Enum of the kinds of scriptlets */
+typedef enum _alpm_scriptlet_kind_t {
+	/** We are running an install file */
+	ALPM_SCRIPTLET_KIND_INSTALL_FILE,
+	/** We are running a hook */
+	ALPM_SCRIPTLET_KIND_HOOK,
+	/** We are running a command */
+	ALPM_SCRIPTLET_KIND_COMMAND,
+} alpm_scriptlet_kind_t;
+
+/** We are running an install file. */
+typedef struct _alpm_event_install_run_t {
+	/** Type of event */
+	alpm_event_type_t type;
+	/** The name of the package */
+	const char *pkgname;
+} alpm_event_install_run_t;
+
 /** A scriptlet was ran. */
 typedef struct _alpm_event_scriptlet_info_t {
 	/** Type of event */
 	alpm_event_type_t type;
+	/** The kind of scriptlet being ran */
+	alpm_scriptlet_kind_t kind;
+	/** The name of the scriptlet **/
+	const char *name;
 	/** Line of scriptlet output */
 	const char *line;
 } alpm_event_scriptlet_info_t;
@@ -946,6 +972,8 @@ typedef union _alpm_event_t {
 	alpm_event_package_operation_t package_operation;
 	/** An optdept was remove */
 	alpm_event_optdep_removal_t optdep_removal;
+	/** An install file is about to be run */
+	alpm_event_install_run_t install_run;
 	/** A scriptlet was ran */
 	alpm_event_scriptlet_info_t scriptlet_info;
 	/** A database is missing */
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/hook.c b/lib/libalpm/hook.c
index aa25d5f3..702fed66 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/hook.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/hook.c
@@ -522,10 +522,10 @@ static int _alpm_hook_run_hook(alpm_handle_t *handle, struct _alpm_hook_t *hook)
 				alpm_list_count(hook->matches), (alpm_list_fn_cmp)strcmp);
 		/* hooks with multiple triggers could have duplicate matches */
 		ctx = hook->matches = _alpm_strlist_dedup(hook->matches);
-		return _alpm_run_chroot(handle, hook->cmd[0], hook->cmd,
+		return _alpm_run_chroot(handle, hook->name, ALPM_SCRIPTLET_KIND_HOOK, hook->cmd[0], hook->cmd,
 				(_alpm_cb_io) _alpm_hook_feed_targets, &ctx);
 	} else {
-		return _alpm_run_chroot(handle, hook->cmd[0], hook->cmd, NULL, NULL);
+		return _alpm_run_chroot(handle, hook->name, ALPM_SCRIPTLET_KIND_HOOK, hook->cmd[0], hook->cmd, NULL, NULL);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/remove.c b/lib/libalpm/remove.c
index f44eac7f..5a74e8c3 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/remove.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/remove.c
@@ -694,7 +694,7 @@ int _alpm_remove_single_package(alpm_handle_t *handle,
 				!(handle->trans->flags & ALPM_TRANS_FLAG_NOSCRIPTLET)) {
 			char *scriptlet = _alpm_local_db_pkgpath(handle->db_local,
 					oldpkg, "install");
-			_alpm_runscriptlet(handle, scriptlet, "pre_remove", pkgver, NULL, 0);
+			_alpm_runscriptlet(handle, oldpkg->name, scriptlet, "pre_remove", pkgver, NULL, 0);
 			free(scriptlet);
 		}
 	}
@@ -714,7 +714,7 @@ int _alpm_remove_single_package(alpm_handle_t *handle,
 			!(handle->trans->flags & ALPM_TRANS_FLAG_NOSCRIPTLET)) {
 		char *scriptlet = _alpm_local_db_pkgpath(handle->db_local,
 				oldpkg, "install");
-		_alpm_runscriptlet(handle, scriptlet, "post_remove", pkgver, NULL, 0);
+		_alpm_runscriptlet(handle, oldpkg->name, scriptlet, "post_remove", pkgver, NULL, 0);
 		free(scriptlet);
 	}
 
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/trans.c b/lib/libalpm/trans.c
index 4892820b..f94f8662 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/trans.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/trans.c
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ static int grep(const char *fn, const char *needle)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int _alpm_runscriptlet(alpm_handle_t *handle, const char *filepath,
+int _alpm_runscriptlet(alpm_handle_t *handle, const char *pkgname, const char *filepath,
 		const char *script, const char *ver, const char *oldver, int is_archive)
 {
 	char arg0[64], arg1[3], cmdline[PATH_MAX];
@@ -407,7 +407,16 @@ int _alpm_runscriptlet(alpm_handle_t *handle, const char *filepath,
 
 	_alpm_log(handle, ALPM_LOG_DEBUG, "executing \"%s\"\n", cmdline);
 
-	retval = _alpm_run_chroot(handle, SCRIPTLET_SHELL, argv, NULL, NULL);
+	alpm_event_install_run_t event = {
+		.type = ALPM_EVENT_INSTALL_RUN_START,
+		.pkgname = pkgname,
+	};
+	EVENT(handle, &event);
+
+	retval = _alpm_run_chroot(handle, pkgname, ALPM_SCRIPTLET_KIND_INSTALL_FILE, SCRIPTLET_SHELL, argv, NULL, NULL);
+
+	event.type = ALPM_EVENT_INSTALL_RUN_DONE;
+	EVENT(handle, &event);
 
 cleanup:
 	if(scriptfn && unlink(scriptfn)) {
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/trans.h b/lib/libalpm/trans.h
index 9ee7015e..5f1ebad6 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/trans.h
+++ b/lib/libalpm/trans.h
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ typedef struct _alpm_trans_t {
 void _alpm_trans_free(alpm_trans_t *trans);
 /* flags is a bitfield of alpm_transflag_t flags */
 int _alpm_trans_init(alpm_trans_t *trans, int flags);
-int _alpm_runscriptlet(alpm_handle_t *handle, const char *filepath,
+int _alpm_runscriptlet(alpm_handle_t *handle, const char *name, const char *filepath,
 		const char *script, const char *ver, const char *oldver, int is_archive);
 
 #endif /* ALPM_TRANS_H */
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/util.c b/lib/libalpm/util.c
index 83160f00..42ce751e 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/util.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/util.c
@@ -497,18 +497,21 @@ static int _alpm_chroot_write_to_child(alpm_handle_t *handle, int fd,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static void _alpm_chroot_process_output(alpm_handle_t *handle, const char *line)
+static void _alpm_chroot_process_output(alpm_handle_t *handle, const char *name,
+		alpm_scriptlet_kind_t kind, const char *line)
 {
 	alpm_event_scriptlet_info_t event = {
 		.type = ALPM_EVENT_SCRIPTLET_INFO,
+		.kind = kind,
+		.name = name,
 		.line = line
 	};
 	alpm_logaction(handle, "ALPM-SCRIPTLET", "%s", line);
 	EVENT(handle, &event);
 }
 
-static int _alpm_chroot_read_from_child(alpm_handle_t *handle, int fd,
-		char *buf, ssize_t *buf_size, ssize_t buf_limit)
+static int _alpm_chroot_read_from_child(alpm_handle_t *handle, int fd, const char *name,
+		alpm_scriptlet_kind_t kind, char *buf, ssize_t *buf_size, ssize_t buf_limit)
 {
 	ssize_t space = buf_limit - *buf_size - 2; /* reserve 2 for "\n\0" */
 	ssize_t nread = read(fd, buf + *buf_size, space);
@@ -520,7 +523,7 @@ static int _alpm_chroot_read_from_child(alpm_handle_t *handle, int fd,
 				size_t linelen = newline - buf + 1;
 				char old = buf[linelen];
 				buf[linelen] = '\0';
-				_alpm_chroot_process_output(handle, buf);
+				_alpm_chroot_process_output(handle, name, kind, buf);
 				buf[linelen] = old;
 
 				*buf_size -= linelen;
@@ -530,14 +533,14 @@ static int _alpm_chroot_read_from_child(alpm_handle_t *handle, int fd,
 		} else if(nread == space) {
 			/* we didn't read a full line, but we're out of space */
 			strcpy(buf + *buf_size, "\n");
-			_alpm_chroot_process_output(handle, buf);
+			_alpm_chroot_process_output(handle, name, kind, buf);
 			*buf_size = 0;
 		}
 	} else if(nread == 0) {
 		/* end-of-file */
 		if(*buf_size) {
 			strcpy(buf + *buf_size, "\n");
-			_alpm_chroot_process_output(handle, buf);
+			_alpm_chroot_process_output(handle, name, kind, buf);
 		}
 		return -1;
 	} else if(should_retry(errno)) {
@@ -546,7 +549,7 @@ static int _alpm_chroot_read_from_child(alpm_handle_t *handle, int fd,
 		/* read error */
 		if(*buf_size) {
 			strcpy(buf + *buf_size, "\n");
-			_alpm_chroot_process_output(handle, buf);
+			_alpm_chroot_process_output(handle, name, kind, buf);
 		}
 		_alpm_log(handle, ALPM_LOG_ERROR,
 				_("unable to read from pipe (%s)\n"), strerror(errno));
@@ -582,14 +585,16 @@ static void _alpm_reset_signals(void)
 
 /** Execute a command with arguments in a chroot.
  * @param handle the context handle
+ * @param name a human readable name to describe the command
+ * @param kind what kind of scriptlet is running
  * @param cmd command to execute
  * @param argv arguments to pass to cmd
  * @param stdin_cb callback to provide input to the chroot on stdin
  * @param stdin_ctx context to be passed to @a stdin_cb
  * @return 0 on success, 1 on error
  */
-int _alpm_run_chroot(alpm_handle_t *handle, const char *cmd, char *const argv[],
-		_alpm_cb_io stdin_cb, void *stdin_ctx)
+int _alpm_run_chroot(alpm_handle_t *handle, const char *name, alpm_scriptlet_kind_t kind,
+		const char *cmd, char *const argv[], _alpm_cb_io stdin_cb, void *stdin_ctx)
 {
 	pid_t pid;
 	int child2parent_pipefd[2], parent2child_pipefd[2];
@@ -650,6 +655,7 @@ int _alpm_run_chroot(alpm_handle_t *handle, const char *cmd, char *const argv[],
 		close(parent2child_pipefd[HEAD]);
 		close(child2parent_pipefd[TAIL]);
 		close(child2parent_pipefd[HEAD]);
+
 		if(cwdfd >= 0) {
 			close(cwdfd);
 		}
@@ -678,24 +684,38 @@ int _alpm_run_chroot(alpm_handle_t *handle, const char *cmd, char *const argv[],
 		_alpm_handle_free(handle);
 		execv(cmd, argv);
 		/* execv only returns if there was an error */
-		fprintf(stderr, _("call to execv failed (%s)\n"), strerror(errno));
+		fprintf(stderr, _("%s: failed to execv '%s' (%s)\n"), name, cmd, strerror(errno));
 		exit(1);
 	} else {
 		/* this code runs for the parent only (wait on the child) */
 		int status;
 		char obuf[PIPE_BUF]; /* writes <= PIPE_BUF are guaranteed atomic */
 		char ibuf[LINE_MAX];
+		char sciptlet_name[32];
 		ssize_t olen = 0, ilen = 0;
 		nfds_t nfds = 2;
 		struct pollfd fds[2], *child2parent = &(fds[0]), *parent2child = &(fds[1]);
 		int poll_ret;
 
+		switch(kind) {
+			case ALPM_SCRIPTLET_KIND_HOOK:
+				snprintf(sciptlet_name, 32, "hook '%s'", name);
+				break;
+			case ALPM_SCRIPTLET_KIND_INSTALL_FILE:
+				snprintf(sciptlet_name, 32, "'%s.install'", name);
+				break;
+			case ALPM_SCRIPTLET_KIND_COMMAND:
+				strncpy(sciptlet_name, "ldconfig", 32);
+				break;
+		}
+
 		child2parent->fd = child2parent_pipefd[TAIL];
 		child2parent->events = POLLIN;
 		fcntl(child2parent->fd, F_SETFL, O_NONBLOCK);
 		close(child2parent_pipefd[HEAD]);
 		close(parent2child_pipefd[TAIL]);
 
+
 		if(stdin_cb) {
 			parent2child->fd = parent2child_pipefd[HEAD];
 			parent2child->events = POLLOUT;
@@ -718,7 +738,7 @@ int _alpm_run_chroot(alpm_handle_t *handle, const char *cmd, char *const argv[],
 				}
 			}
 			if(child2parent->revents & POLLIN) {
-				if(_alpm_chroot_read_from_child(handle, child2parent->fd,
+				if(_alpm_chroot_read_from_child(handle, child2parent->fd, name, kind,
 							ibuf, &ilen, sizeof(ibuf)) != 0) {
 					/* we encountered end-of-file or an error */
 					STOP_POLLING(child2parent);
@@ -741,7 +761,7 @@ int _alpm_run_chroot(alpm_handle_t *handle, const char *cmd, char *const argv[],
 		if(ilen) {
 			/* buffer would have already been flushed if it had a newline */
 			strcpy(ibuf + ilen, "\n");
-			_alpm_chroot_process_output(handle, ibuf);
+			_alpm_chroot_process_output(handle, name, kind, ibuf);
 		}
 
 #undef STOP_POLLING
@@ -757,7 +777,7 @@ int _alpm_run_chroot(alpm_handle_t *handle, const char *cmd, char *const argv[],
 
 		while(waitpid(pid, &status, 0) == -1) {
 			if(errno != EINTR) {
-				_alpm_log(handle, ALPM_LOG_ERROR, _("call to waitpid failed (%s)\n"), strerror(errno));
+				_alpm_log(handle, ALPM_LOG_ERROR, _("failed to run %s: call to waitpid failed (%s)\n"), sciptlet_name, strerror(errno));
 				retval = 1;
 				goto cleanup;
 			}
@@ -767,7 +787,8 @@ int _alpm_run_chroot(alpm_handle_t *handle, const char *cmd, char *const argv[],
 		if(WIFEXITED(status)) {
 			_alpm_log(handle, ALPM_LOG_DEBUG, "call to waitpid succeeded\n");
 			if(WEXITSTATUS(status) != 0) {
-				_alpm_log(handle, ALPM_LOG_ERROR, _("command failed to execute correctly\n"));
+				_alpm_log(handle, ALPM_LOG_ERROR, _("%s did not complete sucessfully (%s exited %d)\n"),
+						sciptlet_name, cmd, WEXITSTATUS(status));
 				retval = 1;
 			}
 		} else if(WIFSIGNALED(status) != 0) {
@@ -776,8 +797,8 @@ int _alpm_run_chroot(alpm_handle_t *handle, const char *cmd, char *const argv[],
 			if(signal_description == NULL) {
 				signal_description = _("Unknown signal");
 			}
-			_alpm_log(handle, ALPM_LOG_ERROR, _("command terminated by signal %d: %s\n"),
-						WTERMSIG(status), signal_description);
+			_alpm_log(handle, ALPM_LOG_ERROR, _("%s terminated by signal %d: %s\n"),
+						sciptlet_name, WTERMSIG(status), signal_description);
 			retval = 1;
 		}
 	}
@@ -808,10 +829,9 @@ int _alpm_ldconfig(alpm_handle_t *handle)
 	if(access(line, F_OK) == 0) {
 		snprintf(line, PATH_MAX, "%s%s", handle->root, LDCONFIG);
 		if(access(line, X_OK) == 0) {
-			char arg0[32];
+			char *arg0 = strdup(LDCONFIG);
 			char *argv[] = { arg0, NULL };
-			strcpy(arg0, "ldconfig");
-			return _alpm_run_chroot(handle, LDCONFIG, argv, NULL, NULL);
+			return _alpm_run_chroot(handle, "ldconfig", ALPM_SCRIPTLET_KIND_COMMAND, LDCONFIG, argv, NULL, NULL);
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/util.h b/lib/libalpm/util.h
index 9877edec..f3f267be 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/util.h
+++ b/lib/libalpm/util.h
@@ -129,8 +129,8 @@ ssize_t _alpm_files_in_directory(alpm_handle_t *handle, const char *path, int fu
 
 typedef ssize_t (*_alpm_cb_io)(void *buf, ssize_t len, void *ctx);
 
-int _alpm_run_chroot(alpm_handle_t *handle, const char *cmd, char *const argv[],
-		_alpm_cb_io in_cb, void *in_ctx);
+int _alpm_run_chroot(alpm_handle_t *handle, const char *name, alpm_scriptlet_kind_t kind,
+		const char *cmd, char *const argv[], _alpm_cb_io in_cb, void *in_ctx);
 int _alpm_ldconfig(alpm_handle_t *handle);
 int _alpm_str_cmp(const void *s1, const void *s2);
 char *_alpm_filecache_find(alpm_handle_t *handle, const char *filename);
diff --git a/src/pacman/callback.c b/src/pacman/callback.c
index 27a18a4f..c8e6752d 100644
--- a/src/pacman/callback.c
+++ b/src/pacman/callback.c
@@ -217,7 +217,10 @@ static int number_length(size_t n)
 /* callback to handle messages/notifications from libalpm transactions */
 void cb_event(void *ctx, alpm_event_t *event)
 {
+	static int install_line_count = 0;
+	const colstr_t *colstr = &config->colstr;
 	(void)ctx;
+
 	if(config->print) {
 		console_cursor_move_end();
 		return;
@@ -313,8 +316,16 @@ void cb_event(void *ctx, alpm_event_t *event)
 				printf(_("loading package files...\n"));
 			}
 			break;
+		case ALPM_EVENT_INSTALL_RUN_START:
+			install_line_count = 0;
+			break;
 		case ALPM_EVENT_SCRIPTLET_INFO:
-			fputs(event->scriptlet_info.line, stdout);
+			/* onlt say we're running the install file if it outputs */
+			if(install_line_count == 0 && event->scriptlet_info.kind == ALPM_SCRIPTLET_KIND_INSTALL_FILE) {
+				printf("Running %s.install...\n", event->scriptlet_info.name);
+			}
+			install_line_count++;
+			printf("    %s%s%s", colstr->scriptlet, event->scriptlet_info.line, colstr->nocolor);
 			break;
 		case ALPM_EVENT_DB_RETRIEVE_START:
 			on_progress = 1;
@@ -413,6 +424,7 @@ void cb_event(void *ctx, alpm_event_t *event)
 		case ALPM_EVENT_DISKSPACE_DONE:
 		case ALPM_EVENT_HOOK_DONE:
 		case ALPM_EVENT_HOOK_RUN_DONE:
+		case ALPM_EVENT_INSTALL_RUN_DONE:
 			/* nothing */
 			break;
 	}
diff --git a/src/pacman/conf.c b/src/pacman/conf.c
index 7318ad54..91a49577 100644
--- a/src/pacman/conf.c
+++ b/src/pacman/conf.c
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ config_t *config = NULL;
 #define BOLDMAGENTA   "\033[1;35m"
 #define BOLDCYAN      "\033[1;36m"
 #define BOLDWHITE     "\033[1;37m"
+#define BLUE117       "\033[38;5;117m"
 #define GREY46        "\033[38;5;243m"
 
 void enable_colors(int colors)
@@ -70,27 +71,29 @@ void enable_colors(int colors)
 	colstr_t *colstr = &config->colstr;
 
 	if(colors == PM_COLOR_ON) {
-		colstr->colon   = BOLDBLUE "::" BOLD " ";
-		colstr->title   = BOLD;
-		colstr->repo    = BOLDMAGENTA;
-		colstr->version = BOLDGREEN;
-		colstr->groups  = BOLDBLUE;
-		colstr->meta    = BOLDCYAN;
-		colstr->warn    = BOLDYELLOW;
-		colstr->err     = BOLDRED;
-		colstr->faint   = GREY46;
-		colstr->nocolor = NOCOLOR;
+		colstr->colon     = BOLDBLUE "::" BOLD " ";
+		colstr->title     = BOLD;
+		colstr->repo      = BOLDMAGENTA;
+		colstr->version   = BOLDGREEN;
+		colstr->groups    = BOLDBLUE;
+		colstr->meta      = BOLDCYAN;
+		colstr->warn      = BOLDYELLOW;
+		colstr->err       = BOLDRED;
+		colstr->scriptlet = BLUE117;
+		colstr->faint     = GREY46;
+		colstr->nocolor   = NOCOLOR;
 	} else {
-		colstr->colon   = ":: ";
-		colstr->title   = "";
-		colstr->repo    = "";
-		colstr->version = "";
-		colstr->groups  = "";
-		colstr->meta    = "";
-		colstr->warn    = "";
-		colstr->err     = "";
-		colstr->faint   = "";
-		colstr->nocolor = "";
+		colstr->colon     = ":: ";
+		colstr->title     = "";
+		colstr->repo      = "";
+		colstr->version   = "";
+		colstr->groups    = "";
+		colstr->meta      = "";
+		colstr->warn      = "";
+		colstr->err       = "";
+		colstr->scriptlet = "";
+		colstr->faint     = "";
+		colstr->nocolor   = "";
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/src/pacman/conf.h b/src/pacman/conf.h
index 3fb07425..a4784724 100644
--- a/src/pacman/conf.h
+++ b/src/pacman/conf.h
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ typedef struct __colstr_t {
 	const char *warn;
 	const char *err;
 	const char *faint;
+	const char *scriptlet;
 	const char *nocolor;
 } colstr_t;