diff --git a/src/PatternLab/InstallerUtil.php b/src/PatternLab/InstallerUtil.php
index 66a3fab5..5aea2fd6 100644
--- a/src/PatternLab/InstallerUtil.php
+++ b/src/PatternLab/InstallerUtil.php
@@ -289,6 +289,13 @@ public static function parseComposerExtraList($composerExtra, $name, $pathDist)
 			
 		}
 		
+		if (isset($composerExtra["installScripts"])) {
+			foreach ($composerExtra["installScripts"] as $script) {
+				// scripts are relative to the dist directory
+				self::runInstallScript($pathDist, $script);
+			}
+		}
+		
 	}
 	
 	/**
@@ -768,4 +775,11 @@ protected static function scanForPatternEngineRule($pathPackage,$remove = false)
 		
 	}
 	
+	protected static function runInstallScript($path, $script) {
+		$script_filename = $path . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . $script;
+		if (file_exists($script_filename)) {
+			include($script_filename);
+		}
+	}
+	
 }