--- lib/rpmfiles.h.orig
+++ lib/rpmfiles.h
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ typedef rpmFlags rpmfiFlags;
 
 #define RPMFI_FLAGS_ERASE \
     (RPMFI_NOFILECLASS | RPMFI_NOFILELANGS | \
-     RPMFI_NOFILEMTIMES | RPMFI_NOFILERDEVS | RPMFI_NOFILEINODES | \
+     RPMFI_NOFILEMTIMES | RPMFI_NOFILERDEVS | \
      RPMFI_NOFILEVERIFYFLAGS)
 
 #define RPMFI_FLAGS_INSTALL \
--- lib/transaction.c.orig
+++ lib/transaction.c
@@ -412,6 +412,8 @@ static void handleInstInstalledFile(const rpmts ts, rpmte p, rpmfiles fi, int fx
 {
     rpmfs fs = rpmteGetFileStates(p);
     int isCfgFile = ((rpmfilesFFlags(otherFi, ofx) | rpmfilesFFlags(fi, fx)) & RPMFILE_CONFIG);
+    int nlink;
+    const int *links;
 
     if (XFA_SKIPPING(rpmfsGetAction(fs, fx)))
 	return;
@@ -481,7 +483,10 @@ static void handleInstInstalledFile(const rpmts ts, rpmte p, rpmfiles fi, int fx
 	}
     }
 
-    rpmfilesSetFReplacedSize(fi, fx, rpmfilesFSize(otherFi, ofx));
+    /* Only account for the last file of a hardlink set */
+    nlink = rpmfilesFLinks(otherFi, ofx, &links);
+    if (nlink <= 1 || links[nlink - 1] == ofx)
+	rpmfilesSetFReplacedSize(fi, fx, rpmfilesFSize(otherFi, ofx));
 }
 
 /**
@@ -491,6 +496,7 @@ static void handleInstInstalledFile(const rpmts ts, rpmte p, rpmfiles fi, int fx
 static void handleOverlappedFiles(rpmts ts, fingerPrintCache fpc, rpmte p, rpmfiles fi)
 {
     rpm_loff_t fixupSize = 0;
+    rpm_loff_t fileSize = 0;
     int i, j;
     rpmfs fs = rpmteGetFileStates(p);
     rpmfs otherFs;
@@ -675,9 +681,16 @@ assert(otherFi != NULL);
 	}
 	rpmfilesFree(otherFi);
 
+	fileSize = rpmfilesFSize(fi, i);
+	nlink = rpmfilesFLinks(fi, i, &links);
+	if (nlink > 1 && links[nlink - 1] != i) {
+	    /* Only account for the last file of a hardlink set */
+	    fileSize = 0;
+	    fixupSize = 0;
+	}
 	/* Update disk space info for a file. */
 	rpmtsUpdateDSI(ts, fpEntryDev(fpc, fiFps), fpEntryDir(fpc, fiFps),
-		       rpmfilesFSize(fi, i), rpmfilesFReplacedSize(fi, i),
+		       fileSize, rpmfilesFReplacedSize(fi, i),
 		       fixupSize, rpmfsGetAction(fs, i));
 
     }