diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index e6d8b7d..25a0063 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ xen-tools (4.4~dev-1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
       on Ubuntu Intrepid and newer (Hopefully closes: #640099, LP #839492)
     - Installs a legacy grub in all pygrub based DomUs to be able to
       update the menu.list automatically.
+    - hooks/common.sh: Rename installCentOS4Package to installRPMPackage.
+      Add installCentOS4Package wrapper for backward compatibility.
   * Add debian/gbp.conf to be able to to build xen-tools with
     git-buildpackage.
   * Clean up debian/rules:
diff --git a/hooks/common.sh b/hooks/common.sh
index 73311c4..b7ba661 100755
--- a/hooks/common.sh
+++ b/hooks/common.sh
@@ -191,9 +191,9 @@ removeDebianPackage ()
 
 
 #
-#  Install a CentOS4 package via yum
+#  Install a RPM package via yum
 #
-installCentOS4Package ()
+installRPMPackage ()
 {
     prefix=$1
     package=$2
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ installCentOS4Package ()
     #
     # Log our options
     #
-    logMessage "Installing CentOS4 ${package} to prefix ${prefix}"
+    logMessage "Installing RPM ${package} to prefix ${prefix}"
 
     #
     #  We require a package + prefix
@@ -220,6 +220,8 @@ installCentOS4Package ()
     chroot ${prefix} /usr/bin/yum -y install ${package}
 }
 
+# Backwards Compatibility Function
+installCentOS4Package () { installRPMPackage "$@" }
 
 
 #
@@ -234,7 +236,7 @@ installPackage ()
                 installDebianPackage "$@"
 
         elif [ -x ${prefix}/usr/bin/yum ] ; then
-                installCentOS4Package "$@"
+                installRPMPackage "$@"
 
         else
                 logMessage "Unable to install package ${package}; no package manager found"