diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 962d576..62d1450 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
 multistrap (2.1.10) experimental; urgency=low
 
   * Fix typo in sysvinit chroot.sh script.
+  * run preinst scripts install command instead of upgrade
+    (Closes: #611744)
+  * Run the preinst scripts ahead of calling configure -a in native
+    mode. Thanks to Daniel Baumann for spotting it.
 
- -- Neil Williams <codehelp@debian.org>  Tue, 01 Feb 2011 22:09:40 +0000
+ -- Neil Williams <codehelp@debian.org>  Tue, 01 Feb 2011 22:25:59 +0000
 
 multistrap (2.1.9) experimental; urgency=low
 
diff --git a/multistrap b/multistrap
index 571036e..8d9f3b1 100755
--- a/multistrap
+++ b/multistrap
@@ -707,19 +707,19 @@ sub native {
 			system ("$str $env chroot $dir debconf-set-selections /tmp/preseeds/$s");
 		}
 	}
-	system ("$str $env chroot $dir dpkg --configure -a");
 	opendir (PRI, "${dir}/var/lib/dpkg/info") or return;
 	my @preinsts=grep(/\.preinst$/, readdir PRI);
 	closedir (PRI);
-	printf (_g("I: Running preinst scripts with 'upgrade' argument.\n"));
+	printf (_g("I: Running preinst scripts with 'install' argument.\n"));
 	my $f = join (" ", @reinstall);
 	foreach my $script (sort @preinsts) {
 		my $t = $script;
 		$t =~ s/\.preinst//;
 		next if ($t =~ /$f/);
 		next if ($script =~ /bash/);
-		system ("$str $env chroot $dir /var/lib/dpkg/info/$script upgrade");
+		system ("$str $env chroot $dir /var/lib/dpkg/info/$script install");
 	}
+	system ("$str $env chroot $dir dpkg --configure -a");
 	# reinstall set
 	foreach my $reinst (sort @reinstall) {
 		system ("$str $env chroot $dir apt-get --reinstall -y install $reinst");