diff --git a/root/usr/share/multipkg/templates/control.template b/root/usr/share/multipkg/templates/control.template
index 7b40b62..d7ad062 100644
--- a/root/usr/share/multipkg/templates/control.template
+++ b/root/usr/share/multipkg/templates/control.template
@@ -4,5 +4,8 @@ Architecture: %arch%
 Depends: %requirelist%
 Maintainer: %whoami%
 Source: %name%
+%%ifset(keepopt)
+%keepopt%
+%%endif
 Description:
  %summary%
diff --git a/root/usr/share/multipkg/templates/gemspec.template b/root/usr/share/multipkg/templates/gemspec.template
index d912dc6..69b1e51 100644
--- a/root/usr/share/multipkg/templates/gemspec.template
+++ b/root/usr/share/multipkg/templates/gemspec.template
@@ -7,4 +7,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.description = "%summary%"
   s.authors = ["No Body"]
   s.files = [ %filelist% ]
+%%ifset(keepopt)
+  %keepopt%
+%%endif
 end
diff --git a/root/usr/share/multipkg/templates/spec.template b/root/usr/share/multipkg/templates/spec.template
index aff207a..ddd2d25 100644
--- a/root/usr/share/multipkg/templates/spec.template
+++ b/root/usr/share/multipkg/templates/spec.template
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ Obsoletes: %obsoletelist%
 %%ifset(prefix)
 Prefix: %prefix%
 %%endif
-
+%%ifset(keepopt)
+%keepopt%
+%%endif
 %description
 %summary%