diff --git a/pactest/pmdb.py b/pactest/pmdb.py
index af39200..de2e4c9 100755
--- a/pactest/pmdb.py
+++ b/pactest/pmdb.py
@@ -261,6 +261,8 @@ class pmdb:
             if pkg.reason:
                 data.append(_mksection("REASON", pkg.reason))
         else:
+            if pkg.getfilename():
+                data.append(_mksection("FILENAME", pkg.getfilename()))
             if pkg.replaces:
                 data.append(_mksection("REPLACES", pkg.replaces))
             if pkg.force:
diff --git a/pactest/pmpkg.py b/pactest/pmpkg.py
index 3ee5815..c0b657f 100755
--- a/pactest/pmpkg.py
+++ b/pactest/pmpkg.py
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ class pmpkg:
         self.size = 0
         self.csize = 0
         self.reason = 0
+        self.filename = ""    # sync only
         self.md5sum = ""      # sync only
         self.replaces = []    # sync only (will be moved to depends)
         self.force = 0        # sync only (will be moved to depends)
@@ -95,12 +96,14 @@ class pmpkg:
         """
         return "%s-%s" % (self.name, self.version)
 
-    def filename(self):
+    def getfilename(self):
         """File name of a package, including its extension.
         
         Returns a string formatted as follows: "pkgname-pkgver.PKG_EXT_PKG".
         """
-        return "%s%s" % (self.fullname(), PM_EXT_PKG)
+        if not self.filename:
+            self.filename =  "%s%s" % (self.fullname(), PM_EXT_PKG)
+        return self.filename
 
     def install_files(self, root):
         """Install files in the filesystem located under "root".
@@ -115,7 +118,7 @@ class pmpkg:
         A package archive is generated in the location 'path', based on the data
         from the object.
         """
-        self.path = os.path.join(path, self.filename())
+        self.path = os.path.join(path, self.getfilename())
 
         curdir = os.getcwd()
         tmpdir = tempfile.mkdtemp()
diff --git a/pactest/pmtest.py b/pactest/pmtest.py
index be36914..e9db09c 100755
--- a/pactest/pmtest.py
+++ b/pactest/pmtest.py
@@ -127,12 +127,12 @@ class pmtest:
         # Creating packages
         vprint("    Creating package archives")
         for pkg in self.localpkgs:
-            vprint("\t%s" % os.path.join(TMPDIR, pkg.filename()))
+            vprint("\t%s" % os.path.join(TMPDIR, pkg.getfilename()))
             pkg.makepkg(tmpdir)
         for key, value in self.db.iteritems():
             if key == "local": continue
             for pkg in value.pkgs:
-                vprint("\t%s" % os.path.join(PM_CACHEDIR, pkg.filename()))
+                vprint("\t%s" % os.path.join(PM_CACHEDIR, pkg.getfilename()))
                 if self.cachepkgs:
                     pkg.makepkg(cachedir)
                 else: