--- lib/rpmscript.c.orig	2024-10-07 09:35:46.000000000 +0000
+++ lib/rpmscript.c	2024-12-16 09:26:15.035107390 +0000
@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ rpmRC rpmScriptRun(rpmScript script, int
     if (script == NULL) return RPMRC_OK;
 
     ARGV_t args = NULL;
-    rpmlogLvl lvl = (script->flags & RPMSCRIPT_FLAG_CRITICAL) ?
+    rpmlogLvl lvl = (rpmScriptFlags(script) & RPMSCRIPT_FLAG_CRITICAL) ?
 		    RPMLOG_ERR : RPMLOG_WARNING;
     rpmRC rc;
     int script_type = RPMSCRIPTLET_FORK | RPMSCRIPTLET_EXEC;
@@ -724,5 +724,8 @@ rpmscriptTypes rpmScriptType(rpmScript s
 
 rpmscriptFlags rpmScriptFlags(rpmScript script)
 {
-    return (script != NULL) ? script->flags : 0;
+    rpmscriptFlags flags = (script != NULL) ? script->flags : 0;
+    if (script && script->tag == RPMTAG_POSTIN && rpmExpandNumeric("%{_fail_on_postinstall_errors}"))
+	flags |= RPMSCRIPT_FLAG_CRITICAL;
+    return flags;
 }
--- macros.in.orig	2024-12-16 09:26:03.635130873 +0000
+++ macros.in	2024-12-16 09:26:15.035107390 +0000
@@ -1390,6 +1390,11 @@ end
 # Global buildsystem defaults
 %buildsystem_default_prep() %autosetup -C -p1 %*
 
+# Should errors in %post scriptlet be propagated as errors?
+#
+# Note: set to 1 for legacy compatibility.
+%_fail_on_postinstall_errors  0
+
 # \endverbatim
 #*/