diff --git a/IkiWiki/Plugin/inline.pm b/IkiWiki/Plugin/inline.pm
index 715a3d652..20c5f3bdd 100644
--- a/IkiWiki/Plugin/inline.pm
+++ b/IkiWiki/Plugin/inline.pm
@@ -570,9 +570,9 @@ sub genfeed ($$$$$@) {
 			}
 		}
 
+		my $file=$pagesources{$p};
+		my $type=pagetype($file);
 		if ($itemtemplate->query(name => "enclosure")) {
-			my $file=$pagesources{$p};
-			my $type=pagetype($file);
 			if (defined $type) {
 				$itemtemplate->param(content => $pcontent);
 			}
@@ -591,6 +591,7 @@ sub genfeed ($$$$$@) {
 			}
 		}
 		else {
+			next unless defined $type;
 			$itemtemplate->param(content => $pcontent);
 		}
 
diff --git a/IkiWiki/Render.pm b/IkiWiki/Render.pm
index 0dbe9611a..7ea919abc 100644
--- a/IkiWiki/Render.pm
+++ b/IkiWiki/Render.pm
@@ -760,7 +760,7 @@ sub refresh () {
 	my ($del, $internal_del)=find_del_files($pages);
 	my ($changed, $internal_changed)=find_changed($files);
 	run_hooks(needsbuild => sub {
-		my $ret=shift->($changed);
+		my $ret=shift->($changed, [@$del, @$internal_del]);
 		$changed=$ret if ref $ret eq 'ARRAY';
 	});
 	my $oldlink_targets=calculate_old_links($changed, $del);
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 4b61a12b0..bf294b6d4 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ ikiwiki (3.20100832) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
   * po: Allow enabling via web setup.
   * po: Auto-upgrade old format settings to new formats when writing
     setup file.
+  * Pass array of names of files that have been deleted to needsbuild hook
+    as second parameter, to allow for plugins that needs access to this
+    information earlier than the delete hook.
 
  -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>  Tue, 07 Sep 2010 12:08:05 -0400
 
diff --git a/doc/plugins/write.mdwn b/doc/plugins/write.mdwn
index 31bb64e68..e60314485 100644
--- a/doc/plugins/write.mdwn
+++ b/doc/plugins/write.mdwn
@@ -177,10 +177,15 @@ function is passed no values.
 
 	hook(type => "needsbuild", id => "foo", call => \&needsbuild);
 
-This allows a plugin to manipulate the list of files that need to be
-built when the wiki is refreshed. The function is passed a reference to an
-array of files that will be rebuilt. It should return an array reference
-that is a modified version of its input. It can add or remove files from it.
+This allows a plugin to observe or even manipulate the list of files that
+need to be built when the wiki is refreshed. 
+
+As its first parameter, the function is passed a reference to an array of
+files that will be built. It should return an array reference that is a
+modified version of its input. It can add or remove files from it.
+
+The second parameter passed to the function is a reference to an array of
+files that have been deleted.
 
 ### scan