diff --git a/lib/talloc/talloc.mk b/lib/talloc/talloc.mk
index a563d61..64faa71 100644
--- a/lib/talloc/talloc.mk
+++ b/lib/talloc/talloc.mk
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 TALLOC_OBJ = $(tallocdir)/talloc.o 
 
+TALLOC_SHLIB = libtalloc.$(SHLIBEXT)
 TALLOC_SOLIB = libtalloc.$(SHLIBEXT).$(TALLOC_VERSION)
 TALLOC_SONAME = libtalloc.$(SHLIBEXT).$(TALLOC_VERSION_MAJOR)
 TALLOC_STLIB = libtalloc.a
@@ -25,6 +26,8 @@ install:: all
 	if [ -f talloc.3 ];then ${INSTALLCMD} -m 644 talloc.3 $(DESTDIR)$(mandir)/man3; fi
 	which swig >/dev/null 2>&1 && ${INSTALLCMD} -d $(DESTDIR)`swig -swiglib` || true
 	which swig >/dev/null 2>&1 && ${INSTALLCMD} -m 644 talloc.i $(DESTDIR)`swig -swiglib` || true
+	ln -sf $(TALLOC_SOLIB) $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/$(TALLOC_SONAME)
+	ln -sf $(TALLOC_SOLIB) $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/$(TALLOC_SHNAME)
 
 doc:: talloc.3 talloc.3.html
 
diff --git a/lib/tdb/tdb.mk b/lib/tdb/tdb.mk
index 267c2d1..5330f6c 100644
--- a/lib/tdb/tdb.mk
+++ b/lib/tdb/tdb.mk
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ installheaders:: installdirs
 installlibs:: all installdirs
 	cp tdb.pc $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/pkgconfig
 	cp $(TDB_STLIB) $(TDB_SOLIB) $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)
+	ln -sf $(TDB_SOLIB) $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/libtdb.$(SHLIBEXT)
 
 $(TDB_STLIB): $(TDB_OBJ)
 	ar -rv $(TDB_STLIB) $(TDB_OBJ)
diff --git a/lib/tevent/tevent.mk b/lib/tevent/tevent.mk
index 694d082..ef31472 100644
--- a/lib/tevent/tevent.mk
+++ b/lib/tevent/tevent.mk
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ installheaders:: installdirs
 installlibs:: installdirs
 	cp tevent.pc $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/pkgconfig
 	cp $(TEVENT_STLIB) $(TEVENT_SOLIB) $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)
+	ln -sf $(TEVENT_SOLIB) $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/$(TEVENT_SONAME)
+	ln -sf $(TEVENT_SOLIB) $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/$(TEVENT_SOBASE)
 
 install:: all installdirs installheaders installlibs $(PYTHON_INSTALL_TARGET)