diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/math/scilab-bin/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/math/scilab-bin/default.nix
index 54b262fe5058..4b143ed8243c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/math/scilab-bin/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/math/scilab-bin/default.nix
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     cp -r . "$out/opt/scilab-${ver}/"
     mkdir "$out/bin"
     ln -s "$out/opt/scilab-${ver}/bin/scilab" "$out/bin/scilab-${ver}"
+    ln -s "$out/opt/scilab-${ver}/bin/scilab" "$out/bin/scilab"
     ln -s "scilab-${ver}" "$out/bin/scilab-${majorVer}"
   '';