diff --git a/installer/spk/scripts/postupgrade b/installer/spk/scripts/postupgrade
index 039e4d00..cfacd161 100644
--- a/installer/spk/scripts/postupgrade
+++ b/installer/spk/scripts/postupgrade
@@ -1,2 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/sh
+
+# import user data
+DATA_TAR="/tmp/$SYNOPKG_PKGNAME.data.tgz"
+
+cd "$SYNOPKG_PKGDEST" && tar -xvzf "$DATA_TAR" && rm "$DATA_TAR"
+
 exit 0
diff --git a/installer/spk/scripts/preupgrade b/installer/spk/scripts/preupgrade
index 039e4d00..d386fd24 100644
--- a/installer/spk/scripts/preupgrade
+++ b/installer/spk/scripts/preupgrade
@@ -1,2 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/sh
+
+# export user data
+DATA_TAR="/tmp/$SYNOPKG_PKGNAME.data.tgz"
+
+cd "$SYNOPKG_PKGDEST" && tar -cvzf "$DATA_TAR" "data/"
+
 exit 0