diff --git a/slackbuild/slpkg.SlackBuild b/slackbuild/slpkg.SlackBuild
index cfdf8442..67e8a27b 100755
--- a/slackbuild/slpkg.SlackBuild
+++ b/slackbuild/slpkg.SlackBuild
@@ -28,10 +28,13 @@ cat ../slpkg/__metadata__.py | grep "__version_info__ = (" \
     | tr -d [[:space:]] | cut -c19-23 | tr , .
 }
 
+cd $(dirname $0) ; CWD=$(pwd)
+
 PRGNAM=slpkg
 VERSION=${VERSION:-$(__version)} 
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_dsw}
+PKGTYPE=${PKGTYPE:-txz}
 INSTALL="upgradepkg --install-new"
 
 if [ -z "$ARCH" ]; then
@@ -42,7 +45,14 @@ if [ -z "$ARCH" ]; then
   esac
 fi
 
-CWD=$(pwd)
+# If the variable PRINT_PACKAGE_NAME is set, then this script will report what
+# the name of the created package would be, and then exit. This information
+# could be useful to other scripts.
+if [ ! -z "${PRINT_PACKAGE_NAME}"  ]; then
+  echo "$PRGNAM-$VERSION-$ARCH-$BUILD$TAG.$PKGTYPE"
+  exit 0
+fi
+
 TMP=${TMP:-/tmp/SBo}
 PKG=$TMP/package-$PRGNAM
 OUTPUT=${OUTPUT:-/tmp}
@@ -107,6 +117,6 @@ cat $CWD/slack-desc > $PKG/install/slack-desc
 cat $CWD/doinst.sh > $PKG/install/doinst.sh
 
 cd $PKG
-/sbin/makepkg -l y -c n $OUTPUT/$PRGNAM-$VERSION-$ARCH-$BUILD$TAG.${PKGTYPE:-txz}
+/sbin/makepkg -l y -c n $OUTPUT/$PRGNAM-$VERSION-$ARCH-$BUILD$TAG.$PKGTYPE
 
 $INSTALL $OUTPUT/$PRGNAM-$VERSION-$ARCH-$BUILD$TAG.txz