diff -rU2 yum-autoupdate-2/etc/cron.daily/yum-autoupdate yum-autoupdate-2.new/etc/cron.daily/yum-autoupdate
--- yum-autoupdate-2/etc/cron.daily/yum-autoupdate	2011-08-15 08:19:27.000000000 -0700
+++ yum-autoupdate-2.new/etc/cron.daily/yum-autoupdate	2011-10-26 17:48:47.841327118 -0700
@@ -112,5 +112,7 @@
 	TEMPFILE="`mktemp /tmp/yum.temp.XXXXXXXXXX`"
 	TEMPCONFIGFILE="`mktemp /tmp/yum.temp.config.XXXXXXXXXX`"
+	TEMPPRERUNFILE="`mktemp /tmp/yum.temp.prerun.XXXXXXXXXX`"
 	TEMPMAILFILE="`mktemp /tmp/yum.temp.mail.XXXXXXXXXX`"
+	TEMPPOSTRUNFILE="`mktemp /tmp/yum.temp.postrun.XXXXXXXXXX`"
 	TEMPRANDFILE="`mktemp /tmp/yum.temp.rand.XXXXXXXXXX`"
 	TODAY="$(date +%Y-%m-%d)"
@@ -132,4 +134,21 @@
 	check_yum
 	
+	#****************************
+	#PRERUN
+	#****************************
+	if [ "$PRERUN" != "" ]; then
+		if [ "$DEBUG" = "true" ] ; then
+			echo "Executing PRERUN: $PRERUN"
+		fi
+        if [ "$SENDONLYERRORS" = "true" ] ; then
+		    eval $PRERUN >/dev/null 2> $TEMPPRERUNFILE
+        else
+		    eval $PRERUN &> $TEMPPRERUNFILE
+        fi
+		if [ "$DEBUG" = "true" ] ; then
+			echo "PRERUN output:"
+            cat $TEMPPRERUNFILE
+		fi
+	fi
 
   #****************************
@@ -204,4 +223,21 @@
   #****************************
 
+	#****************************
+	#POSTRUN
+	#****************************
+	if [ "$POSTRUN" != "" ]; then
+		if [ "$DEBUG" = "true" ] ; then
+			echo "Executing POSTRUN: $POSTRUN"
+		fi
+        if [ "$SENDONLYERRORS" = "true" ] ; then
+		    eval $POSTRUN >/dev/null 2> $TEMPPOSTRUNFILE
+        else
+		    eval $POSTRUN &> $TEMPPOSTRUNFILE
+        fi
+		if [ "$DEBUG" = "true" ] ; then
+			echo "POSTRUN output:"
+            cat $TEMPPOSTRUNFILE
+		fi
+	fi
 	
 	#****************************
@@ -223,5 +259,5 @@
 						echo "  /bin/mail -s \"YUM:$HOSTNAME:$TODAY\" $MAILLIST "
 					fi
-					/bin/mail -s "YUM:$HOSTNAME:$TODAY" $MAILLIST < $TEMPMAILFILE
+					cat $TEMPPRERUNFILE $TEMPMAILFILE $TEMPPOSTRUNFILE | /bin/mail -s "YUM:$HOSTNAME:$TODAY" $MAILLIST
 				fi
 			else
@@ -231,5 +267,5 @@
 					echo "    /bin/mail -s \"YUM:$HOSTNAME:$TODAY\" $MAILLIST "
 				fi
-				/bin/mail -s "YUM:$HOSTNAME:$TODAY" $MAILLIST < $TEMPMAILFILE
+				cat $TEMPPRERUNFILE $TEMPMAILFILE $TEMPPOSTRUNFILE | /bin/mail -s "YUM:$HOSTNAME:$TODAY" $MAILLIST
 			fi
 		fi
@@ -244,5 +280,7 @@
 	yum -e 0 -d 0 clean packages
 	yum -e 0 -d 0 provides xyz > /dev/null 2>&1
+	rm -f $TEMPPRERUNFILE
 	rm -f $TEMPMAILFILE
+	rm -f $TEMPPOSTRUNFILE
 	rm -f $TEMPCONFIGFILE
 	rm -f $TEMPRANDFILE
diff -rU2 yum-autoupdate-2/etc/sysconfig/yum-autoupdate yum-autoupdate-2.new/etc/sysconfig/yum-autoupdate
--- yum-autoupdate-2/etc/sysconfig/yum-autoupdate	2011-08-15 07:55:49.000000000 -0700
+++ yum-autoupdate-2.new/etc/sysconfig/yum-autoupdate	2011-10-26 15:13:39.262214560 -0700
@@ -45,2 +45,9 @@
 DEBUG="false"
 
+# PRERUN
+#  The name of an executable or commands to run prior to updating (but after sleep)
+PRERUN=""
+
+# POSTRUN
+#  The name of an executable or commands to run after updating (but before mailing)
+POSTRUN=""