diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/mumble/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/mumble/default.nix
index 88b9ae49efd4..c46ef561c370 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/mumble/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/mumble/default.nix
@@ -83,8 +83,9 @@ let
     NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = optional speechdSupport "-I${speechd}/include/speech-dispatcher";
 
     installPhase = ''
-      cp scripts/mumble-overlay $out/bin
+      install -m755 scripts/mumble-overlay $out/bin
       sed -i "s,/usr/lib,$out/lib,g" $out/bin/mumble-overlay
+      ( cd $out/lib; ln -s libmumble.so.1.* libmumble.so.1 )
 
       mkdir -p $out/share/applications
       cp scripts/mumble.desktop $out/share/applications