diff --git a/pkgs/tools/compression/bzip2/builder.sh b/pkgs/tools/compression/bzip2/builder.sh
index 4610bdd40850..0fa92d3d1009 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/compression/bzip2/builder.sh
+++ b/pkgs/tools/compression/bzip2/builder.sh
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ if test -n "$sharedLibrary"; then
     preInstall() {
         mkdir -p $out/lib
         mv libbz2.so* $out/lib
-        ln -s libbz2.so.1.0 $out/lib/libbz2.so
+        (cd $out/lib && ln -s libbz2.so.1.0.? libbz2.so && mv libbz2.so.1.0 libbz2.so.1)
     }
     
 fi