diff --git a/gnome-base/librsvg/librsvg-2.58.5-r1.ebuild b/gnome-base/librsvg/librsvg-2.58.5-r1.ebuild
index 4bfbbd5598438..abd0f9e2d554b 100644
--- a/gnome-base/librsvg/librsvg-2.58.5-r1.ebuild
+++ b/gnome-base/librsvg/librsvg-2.58.5-r1.ebuild
@@ -421,6 +421,10 @@ multilib_src_install_all() {
 	fi
 }
 
+pkg_preinst() {
+	multilib_foreach_abi gnome2_pkg_preinst
+}
+
 pkg_postinst() {
 	multilib_foreach_abi gnome2_pkg_postinst
 }
diff --git a/gnome-base/librsvg/librsvg-2.60.0.ebuild b/gnome-base/librsvg/librsvg-2.60.0.ebuild
index 914795232b5d7..866afd07a33d0 100644
--- a/gnome-base/librsvg/librsvg-2.60.0.ebuild
+++ b/gnome-base/librsvg/librsvg-2.60.0.ebuild
@@ -130,6 +130,10 @@ multilib_src_install_all() {
 	fi
 }
 
+pkg_preinst() {
+	multilib_foreach_abi gnome2_pkg_preinst
+}
+
 pkg_postinst() {
 	multilib_foreach_abi gnome2_pkg_postinst
 }