diff --git a/pkgs/tools/compression/bzip2/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/compression/bzip2/default.nix
index da37cf9fbd8c..cd262875a76b 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/compression/bzip2/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/compression/bzip2/default.nix
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
+  postInstall = ''
+    ln -s $out/lib/libbz2.so.1.0.* $out/lib/libbz2.so.1.0
+  '';
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "High-quality data compression program";
     homepage = "https://www.sourceware.org/bzip2";