diff --git a/meta/conf/layer.conf b/meta/conf/layer.conf
index 62f86f361a..efbf2610f9 100644
--- a/meta/conf/layer.conf
+++ b/meta/conf/layer.conf
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ SIGGEN_EXCLUDE_SAFE_RECIPE_DEPS += " \
   sato-icon-theme->gtk+3 \
   adwaita-icon-theme->gdk-pixbuf \
   adwaita-icon-theme->gtk+3 \
+  run-postinsts->util-linux \
 "
 
 # Avoid adding bison-native to the sysroot without a specific
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/run-postinsts/run-postinsts/run-postinsts b/meta/recipes-devtools/run-postinsts/run-postinsts/run-postinsts
index 95dccb9cae..1f3e692029 100755
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/run-postinsts/run-postinsts/run-postinsts
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/run-postinsts/run-postinsts/run-postinsts
@@ -81,11 +81,18 @@ remove_rcsd_link=1
 if $pm_installed; then
 	case $pm in
 		"ipk")
-			eval opkg configure $append_log
+			if ! `fcntl-lock --wait 30 /run/opkg.lock true`; then
+				eval echo "Unable to obtain the opkg lock, deadlock?" $append_log
+			fi
+			if ! eval "opkg configure $append_log"; then
+			    exit 1
+			fi
 			;;
 
 		"deb")
-			eval dpkg --configure -a $append_log
+			if ! eval "eval dpkg --configure -a $append_log"; then
+			    exit 1
+			fi
 			;;
 	esac
 else
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/run-postinsts/run-postinsts_1.0.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/run-postinsts/run-postinsts_1.0.bb
index 72ba8c0227..e977942de8 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/run-postinsts/run-postinsts_1.0.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/run-postinsts/run-postinsts_1.0.bb
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ S = "${WORKDIR}"
 
 inherit allarch systemd update-rc.d
 
+RDEPENDS:${PN} = "util-linux-fcntl-lock"
+
 INITSCRIPT_NAME = "run-postinsts"
 INITSCRIPT_PARAMS = "start 99 S ."