diff --git a/debian/patches/linkhack.diff b/debian/patches/linkhack.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..55118ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/patches/linkhack.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- src/libmawk/Makefile	2018-11-22 23:02:38.529435123 -0700
++++ /tmp/Makefile	2018-11-22 23:02:20.877416601 -0700
+@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@
+ 	$(CP) $(PWD)/libmawk.so $(LIBDIR)/libmawk.so.$(SOVER1).$(SOVER2).$(SOVER3)
+ 	rm $(LIBDIR)/libmawk.so.$(SOVER1).$(SOVER2) $(LIBDIR)/libmawk.so.$(SOVER1) 2>/dev/null ; true
+ 	ln -s libmawk.so.$(SOVER1).$(SOVER2).$(SOVER3) $(LIBDIR)/libmawk.so.$(SOVER1).$(SOVER2)
+-	ln -s libmawk.so.$(SOVER1).$(SOVER2) $(LIBDIR)/libmawk.so.$(SOVER1)
++	ln -s libmawk.so.$(SOVER1).$(SOVER2).$(SOVER3) $(LIBDIR)/libmawk.so.$(SOVER1)
+ 	ln -s libmawk.so.$(SOVER1) $(LIBDIR)/libmawk.so
+ 	for h in $(IHEADERS); do $(CP) $(PWD)/$$h $(INCDIR)/$$h; done
+ 	$(CP) $(PWD)/../libmawk.h $(INCDIR)/../libmawk.h
diff --git a/debian/patches/series b/debian/patches/series
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8bd7a3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/patches/series
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+linkhack.diff