diff --git a/common/hooks/README b/common/hooks/README
index 22028e84c81..81acadeb7de 100644
--- a/common/hooks/README
+++ b/common/hooks/README
@@ -13,18 +13,40 @@ The following directories are used to set the order in which the hooks
 should be processed by xbps-src:
 
 	* pre-fetch		(before running fetch phase)
+	* do-fetch		(running fetch phase)
 	* post-fetch		(after running fetch phase)
+
 	* pre-extract		(before running extract phase)
+	* do-extract		(running extract phase)
 	* post-extract		(after running extract phase)
+
 	* pre-configure		(before running configure phase)
+	* do-configure		(running configure phase)
 	* post-configure	(after running configure phase)
+
 	* pre-build		(before running build phase)
+	* do-build		(running build phase)
 	* post-build		(after running build phase)
+
 	* pre-install		(before running install phase)
+	* do-install		(running install phase)
 	* post-install		(after running install phase)
+
 	* pre-pkg		(before running pkg phase)
+	* do-pkg		(running pkg phase)
 	* post-pkg		(after running pkg phase)
 
 NOTES
 ~~~~~
 * Symlinks can be created (relative) to make a hook available in multiple phases.
+
+* The phases do-fetch, do-extract, do-configure, do-build, and do-install can
+  be overwritten by the template file. That means if a template contains a
+  do_install function, the hooks defined for do-install won't be executed.
+  Note that this is only true for the do-* hooks.
+
+* the pre_* function of the template will be run *after* the corresponding
+  pre-* hooks.
+
+* the post_* function of the template will be run *before* the corresponding
+  post-* hooks.
diff --git a/common/hooks/do-build/.empty b/common/hooks/do-build/.empty
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e69de29bb2d
diff --git a/common/hooks/do-configure/.empty b/common/hooks/do-configure/.empty
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e69de29bb2d
diff --git a/common/hooks/do-extract/.empty b/common/hooks/do-extract/.empty
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e69de29bb2d
diff --git a/common/hooks/do-extract/00-distfiles.sh b/common/hooks/do-extract/00-distfiles.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..78c095bbe1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/hooks/do-extract/00-distfiles.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+# This hook extracts $distfiles into $XBPS_BUILDDIR if $distfiles and $checksum
+# variables are set.
+
+hook() {
+	local srcdir="$XBPS_SRCDISTDIR/$pkgname-$version"
+
+	if [ -z "$distfiles" -a -z "$checksum" ]; then
+		mkdir -p $wrksrc
+		exit 0
+	fi
+
+	# Check that distfiles are there before anything else.
+	for f in ${distfiles}; do
+		curfile=$(basename $f)
+		if [ ! -f $srcdir/$curfile ]; then
+			msg_error "$pkgver: cannot find ${curfile}, use 'xbps-src fetch' first.\n"
+		fi
+	done
+
+	if [ -n "$create_wrksrc" ]; then
+		mkdir -p ${wrksrc} || msg_error "$pkgver: failed to create wrksrc.\n"
+	fi
+
+	msg_normal "$pkgver: extracting distfile(s), please wait...\n"
+
+	for f in ${distfiles}; do
+		curfile=$(basename $f)
+		for j in ${skip_extraction}; do
+			if [ "$curfile" = "$j" ]; then
+				found=1
+				break
+			fi
+		done
+		if [ -n "$found" ]; then
+			unset found
+			continue
+		fi
+
+		if $(echo $f|grep -q '.tar.lzma'); then
+			cursufx="txz"
+		elif $(echo $f|grep -q '.tar.xz'); then
+			cursufx="txz"
+		elif $(echo $f|grep -q '.txz'); then
+			cursufx="txz"
+		elif $(echo $f|grep -q '.tar.bz2'); then
+			cursufx="tbz"
+		elif $(echo $f|grep -q '.tbz'); then
+			cursufx="tbz"
+		elif $(echo $f|grep -q '.tar.gz'); then
+			cursufx="tgz"
+		elif $(echo $f|grep -q '.tgz'); then
+			cursufx="tgz"
+		elif $(echo $f|grep -q '.gz'); then
+			cursufx="gz"
+		elif $(echo $f|grep -q '.bz2'); then
+			cursufx="bz2"
+		elif $(echo $f|grep -q '.tar'); then
+			cursufx="tar"
+		elif $(echo $f|grep -q '.zip'); then
+			cursufx="zip"
+		else
+			msg_error "$pkgver: unknown distfile suffix for $curfile.\n"
+		fi
+
+		if [ -n "$create_wrksrc" ]; then
+			extractdir="$wrksrc"
+		else
+			extractdir="$XBPS_BUILDDIR"
+		fi
+
+		case ${cursufx} in
+		txz)
+			unxz -cf $srcdir/$curfile | tar xf - -C $extractdir
+			if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+				msg_error "$pkgver: extracting $curfile into $XBPS_BUILDDIR.\n"
+			fi
+			;;
+		tbz)
+			bunzip2 -cf $srcdir/$curfile | tar xf - -C $extractdir
+			if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+				msg_error "$pkgver: extracting $curfile into $XBPS_BUILDDIR.\n"
+			fi
+			;;
+		tgz)
+			gunzip -cf $srcdir/$curfile | tar xf - -C $extractdir
+			if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+				msg_error "$pkgver: extracting $curfile into $XBPS_BUILDDIR.\n"
+			fi
+			;;
+		gz|bz2)
+			cp -f $srcdir/$curfile $extractdir
+			if [ "$cursufx" = ".gz" ]; then
+				cd $extractdir && gunzip $curfile
+			else
+				cd $extractdir && bunzip2 $curfile
+			fi
+			;;
+		tar)
+			tar xf $srcdir/$curfile -C $extractdir
+			if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+				msg_error "$pkgver: extracting $curfile into $XBPS_BUILDDIR.\n"
+			fi
+			;;
+		zip)
+			if command -v unzip 2>&1 >/dev/null; then
+				unzip -q $srcdir/$curfile -d $extractdir
+				if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+					msg_error "$pkgver: extracting $curfile into $XBPS_BUILDDIR.\n"
+				fi
+			else
+				msg_error "$pkgver: cannot find unzip bin for extraction.\n"
+			fi
+			;;
+		*)
+			msg_error "$pkgver: cannot guess $curfile extract suffix. ($cursufx)\n"
+			;;
+		esac
+	done
+}
diff --git a/common/hooks/do-fetch/.empty b/common/hooks/do-fetch/.empty
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e69de29bb2d
diff --git a/common/hooks/do-fetch/00-distfiles.sh b/common/hooks/do-fetch/00-distfiles.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2dc3ba246db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/hooks/do-fetch/00-distfiles.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+# This hook downloads the distfiles specified in a template by
+# the $distfiles variable and then verifies its sha256 checksum comparing
+# its value with the one stored in the $checksum variable.
+
+verify_sha256_cksum() {
+	local file="$1" origsum="$2" distfile="$3"
+
+	[ -z "$file" -o -z "$cksum" ] && return 1
+
+	msg_normal "$pkgver: verifying checksum for distfile '$file'... "
+	filesum=$(${XBPS_DIGEST_CMD} $distfile)
+	if [ "$origsum" != "$filesum" ]; then
+		echo
+		msg_red "SHA256 mismatch for '$file:'\n$filesum\n"
+		return 1
+	else
+		msg_normal_append "OK.\n"
+	fi
+}
+
+hook() {
+	local srcdir="$XBPS_SRCDISTDIR/$pkgname-$version"
+
+	if [ ! -d "$srcdir" ]; then
+		mkdir -p -m775 "$srcdir"
+		chgrp $(id -g) "$srcdir"
+	fi
+
+	cd $srcdir || msg_error "$pkgver: cannot change dir to $srcdir!\n"
+
+	for f in ${distfiles}; do
+		curfile=$(basename $f)
+		distfile="$srcdir/$curfile"
+		while true; do
+			flock -w 1 ${distfile}.part true
+			if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+				break
+			fi
+			msg_warn "$pkgver: ${distfile} is being already downloaded, waiting for 1s ...\n"
+		done
+		if [ -f "$distfile" ]; then
+			flock -n ${distfile}.part rm -f ${distfile}.part
+			for i in ${checksum}; do
+				if [ $dfcount -eq $ckcount -a -n "$i" ]; then
+					cksum=$i
+					found=yes
+					break
+				fi
+				ckcount=$(($ckcount + 1))
+			done
+			if [ -z $found ]; then
+				msg_error "$pkgver: cannot find checksum for $curfile.\n"
+			fi
+
+			verify_sha256_cksum $curfile $cksum $distfile
+			rval=$?
+			unset cksum found
+			ckcount=0
+			dfcount=$(($dfcount + 1))
+			continue
+		fi
+
+		msg_normal "$pkgver: fetching distfile '$curfile'...\n"
+
+		if [ -n "$distfiles" ]; then
+			localurl="$f"
+		else
+			localurl="$url/$curfile"
+		fi
+
+		flock ${distfile}.part $XBPS_FETCH_CMD $localurl
+		if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+			unset localurl
+			if [ ! -f $distfile ]; then
+				msg_error "$pkgver: couldn't fetch $curfile.\n"
+			else
+				msg_error "$pkgver: there was an error fetching $curfile.\n"
+			fi
+		else
+			unset localurl
+			#
+			# XXX duplicate code.
+			#
+			for i in ${checksum}; do
+				if [ $dfcount -eq $ckcount -a -n "$i" ]; then
+					cksum=$i
+					found=yes
+					break
+				fi
+				ckcount=$(($ckcount + 1))
+			done
+			if [ -z $found ]; then
+				msg_error "$pkgver: cannot find checksum for $curfile.\n"
+			fi
+			verify_sha256_cksum $curfile $cksum $distfile
+			rval=$?
+			unset cksum found
+			ckcount=0
+		fi
+		dfcount=$(($dfcount + 1))
+	done
+}
diff --git a/common/hooks/do-install/.empty b/common/hooks/do-install/.empty
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e69de29bb2d
diff --git a/common/hooks/do-pkg/.empty b/common/hooks/do-pkg/.empty
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e69de29bb2d
diff --git a/common/hooks/pre-pkg/00-gen-pkg.sh b/common/hooks/do-pkg/00-gen-pkg.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from common/hooks/pre-pkg/00-gen-pkg.sh
rename to common/hooks/do-pkg/00-gen-pkg.sh
diff --git a/common/hooks/post-extract/apply-patches.sh b/common/hooks/post-extract/00-patches.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from common/hooks/post-extract/apply-patches.sh
rename to common/hooks/post-extract/00-patches.sh
diff --git a/common/hooks/pre-configure/gnu-configure-asneeded.sh b/common/hooks/pre-configure/00-gnu-configure-asneeded.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from common/hooks/pre-configure/gnu-configure-asneeded.sh
rename to common/hooks/pre-configure/00-gnu-configure-asneeded.sh
diff --git a/common/hooks/pre-configure/musl-override-configsub.sh b/common/hooks/pre-configure/01-musl-override-configsub.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from common/hooks/pre-configure/musl-override-configsub.sh
rename to common/hooks/pre-configure/01-musl-override-configsub.sh