diff --git a/mariadb.changes b/mariadb.changes
index 8d34938..66bd63d 100644
--- a/mariadb.changes
+++ b/mariadb.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Nov  2 12:55:18 UTC 2011 - bkutil@suse.com
+
+- Fix pretrans script in spec file to use RPM embedded LUA.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Oct 18 14:26:19 CEST 2011 - mhrusecky@suse.cz
 
diff --git a/mariadb.spec b/mariadb.spec
index 11187fc..5f5301b 100644
--- a/mariadb.spec
+++ b/mariadb.spec
@@ -444,24 +444,24 @@ done
 %preun
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 [ $1 = 1 ] || /usr/sbin/rcmysql stop
-%pretrans
-if [ -x /usr/sbin/rcmysql ]; then
-	RESTART=""
-	/usr/sbin/rcmysql status > /dev/null && RESTART="yes"
-	/usr/sbin/rcmysql stop
-	[ "$RESTART" ] && mkdir -p /var/run/mysql/restart
-fi
-dbfile=var/mysql/mysql/db.ISM
-olddir=var/mysql
-newdir=var/lib/mysql
-# Do the database files still belong to root (very old installation)?
-# Change ownerships
-if [ -O $dbfile ]
-then
-chown -Rv mysql:mysql var/mysql/
-fi
+%pretrans -p <lua>
+if posix.access("/usr/sbin/rcmysql", "x") then
+  restart = os.execute("/usr/sbin/rcmysql status > /dev/null")
+  os.execute("/usr/sbin/rcmysql stop")
 
-#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  if restart == 0 then
+    os.execute("/bin/mkdir -p /var/run/mysql/restart")
+  end
+end
+
+dbfile="var/mysql/mysql/db.ISM"
+olddir="var/mysql"
+newdir="var/lib/mysql"
+-- Do the database files still belong to root (very old installation)?
+-- Change ownerships
+if posix.stat(dbfile, "uid") == 0 then
+  os.execute("/bin/chown -Rv mysql:mysql var/mysql/")
+end
 
 %posttrans
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------