diff --git a/config/boards/tinkerboard.conf b/config/boards/tinkerboard.conf
index 0486aee73f..6f477b604f 100644
--- a/config/boards/tinkerboard.conf
+++ b/config/boards/tinkerboard.conf
@@ -9,3 +9,25 @@ KERNEL_TARGET="current,edge"
 KERNEL_TEST_TARGET="current"
 FULL_DESKTOP="yes"
 BOOT_SOC="rk3288"
+
+function tinkerboard_uboot_postinst(){
+	[[ $DEVICE == /dev/null ]] && exit 0
+	if [[ -z $DEVICE ]]; then
+		DEVICE="/dev/mmcblk0"
+		# proceed to other options.
+		[ ! -b $DEVICE ] && DEVICE="/dev/mmcblk1"
+		[ ! -b $DEVICE ] && DEVICE="/dev/mmcblk2"
+	fi
+	[[ $(type -t setup_write_uboot_platform) == function ]] && setup_write_uboot_platform
+	if [[ -b $DEVICE ]]; then
+		echo "Updating u-boot on $DEVICE" >&2
+		write_uboot_platform $DIR $DEVICE
+		sync
+	else
+		echo "Device $DEVICE does not exist, skipping" >&2
+	fi
+}
+
+function pre_package_uboot_image__tinkerboard_update_uboot_postinst_script(){
+	postinst_functions+=('tinkerboard_uboot_postinst')
+}
diff --git a/config/sources/families/meson-s4t7.conf b/config/sources/families/meson-s4t7.conf
index c08c5e8f6b..cb79fd24da 100644
--- a/config/sources/families/meson-s4t7.conf
+++ b/config/sources/families/meson-s4t7.conf
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ BOOTPATCHDIR="u-boot-meson-s4t7"
 BOOTENV_FILE='meson.txt'
 BOOTSCRIPT="boot-meson-s4t7.cmd:boot.cmd"
 FORCE_BOOTSCRIPT_UPDATE="yes"
+FORCE_UBOOT_UPDATE="yes"
 UBOOT_TARGET_MAP=";;fip/_tmp/u-boot.bin.sd.bin.signed:u-boot.bin.sd.bin.signed"
 
 ## funny enough, the uboot+fip blobs go in the same spot as normal meson64...
diff --git a/lib/functions/artifacts/artifact-uboot.sh b/lib/functions/artifacts/artifact-uboot.sh
index 97db4e8406..84ce63fa95 100644
--- a/lib/functions/artifacts/artifact-uboot.sh
+++ b/lib/functions/artifacts/artifact-uboot.sh
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ function artifact_uboot_prepare_version() {
 	# Hash the extension hooks
 	declare -a extension_hooks_to_hash=(
 		"post_uboot_custom_postprocess" "fetch_custom_uboot" "build_custom_uboot"
-		"pre_config_uboot_target" "post_config_uboot_target"
+		"pre_config_uboot_target" "post_config_uboot_target" "pre_package_uboot_image"
 	)
 	declare -a extension_hooks_hashed=("$(dump_extension_method_sources_functions "${extension_hooks_to_hash[@]}")")
 	declare hash_hooks="undetermined"
diff --git a/lib/functions/bsp/armbian-bsp-cli-deb.sh b/lib/functions/bsp/armbian-bsp-cli-deb.sh
index 4d14c5adc8..4d0e3ab1ee 100644
--- a/lib/functions/bsp/armbian-bsp-cli-deb.sh
+++ b/lib/functions/bsp/armbian-bsp-cli-deb.sh
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ function compile_armbian-bsp-cli() {
 		INITRD_ARCH=$INITRD_ARCH
 		KERNEL_IMAGE_TYPE=$KERNEL_IMAGE_TYPE
 		FORCE_BOOTSCRIPT_UPDATE=$FORCE_BOOTSCRIPT_UPDATE
+		FORCE_UBOOT_UPDATE=$FORCE_UBOOT_UPDATE
 		VENDOR="$VENDOR"
 		VENDORDOCS="$VENDORDOCS"
 		VENDORURL="$VENDORURL"
diff --git a/lib/functions/compilation/uboot.sh b/lib/functions/compilation/uboot.sh
index 7cd2c086cf..70fddd412f 100644
--- a/lib/functions/compilation/uboot.sh
+++ b/lib/functions/compilation/uboot.sh
@@ -368,30 +368,18 @@ function compile_uboot() {
 
 	display_alert "Preparing u-boot general packaging" "${version} ${target_make}"
 
-	# set up postinstall script # @todo: extract into a tinkerboard extension
-	if [[ $BOARD == tinkerboard ]]; then
-		cat <<- EOF > "$uboottempdir/DEBIAN/postinst"
-			#!/bin/bash
-			source /usr/lib/u-boot/platform_install.sh
-			[[ \$DEVICE == /dev/null ]] && exit 0
-			if [[ -z \$DEVICE ]]; then
-				DEVICE="/dev/mmcblk0"
-				# proceed to other options.
-				[ ! -b \$DEVICE ] && DEVICE="/dev/mmcblk1"
-				[ ! -b \$DEVICE ] && DEVICE="/dev/mmcblk2"
-			fi
-			[[ \$(type -t setup_write_uboot_platform) == function ]] && setup_write_uboot_platform
-			if [[ -b \$DEVICE ]]; then
-				echo "Updating u-boot on \$DEVICE" >&2
-				write_uboot_platform \$DIR \$DEVICE
-				sync
-			else
-				echo "Device \$DEVICE does not exist, skipping" >&2
-			fi
-			exit 0
-		EOF
-		chmod 755 "$uboottempdir/DEBIAN/postinst"
-	fi
+	local -a postinst_functions=()
+	local destination=$uboottempdir
+
+	call_extension_method "pre_package_uboot_image" <<- 'PRE_PACKAGE_UBOOT_IMAGE'
+		*allow making some last minute changes before u-boot is packaged*
+		This should be implemented by the config to tweak the uboot package, after the board or family has had the chance to.
+		You can write to `$destination` here and it will be packaged.
+		You can also append to the `postinst_functions` array, and the _content_ of those functions will be added to the postinst script.
+	PRE_PACKAGE_UBOOT_IMAGE
+
+	artifact_package_hook_helper_board_side_functions "postinst" uboot_postinst_base "${postinst_functions[@]}"
+	unset uboot_postinst_base postinst_functions destination
 
 	# declare -f on non-defined function does not do anything (but exits with errors, so ignore them with "|| true")
 	cat <<- EOF > "$uboottempdir/usr/lib/u-boot/platform_install.sh"
@@ -434,3 +422,21 @@ function compile_uboot() {
 	display_alert "Built u-boot deb OK" "linux-u-boot-${BOARD}-${BRANCH} ${artifact_version}" "info"
 	return 0 # success
 }
+
+function uboot_postinst_base() {
+	# Source the armbian-release information file
+	[ -f /etc/armbian-release ] && . /etc/armbian-release
+	source /usr/lib/u-boot/platform_install.sh
+
+	if [ "${FORCE_UBOOT_UPDATE:-no}" == "yes" ]; then
+		#recognize_root
+		root_uuid=$(sed -e 's/^.*root=//' -e 's/ .*$//' < /proc/cmdline)
+		root_partition=$(blkid | tr -d '":' | grep "${root_uuid}" | awk '{print $1}')
+		root_partition_name=$(echo $root_partition | sed 's/\/dev\///g')
+		root_partition_device_name=$(lsblk -ndo pkname $root_partition)
+		root_partition_device=/dev/$root_partition_device_name
+
+		write_uboot_platform "$DIR" "${root_partition_device}"
+		sync
+	fi
+}