diff --git a/gnu/packages/compression.scm
b/gnu/packages/compression.scm
index b158feac4..fd111e579 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/compression.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/compression.scm
@@ -272,6 +272,9 @@ file; as a result, it is often used in conjunction
with \"tar\", resulting in
(lambda* (#:key outputs #:allow-other-keys)
(let* ((out (assoc-ref outputs "out"))
(libdir (string-append out "/lib")))
+ ;; The Make target above does not create "libbz2.so",
only
+ ;; the versioned libs, so we have to create it
ourselves.
+ (symlink "libbz2.so.1.0" "libbz2.so")