diff --git a/app-arch/bzip2/bzip2-1.0.6.recipe b/app-arch/bzip2/bzip2-1.0.6.recipe
index f9ffdcfcb..9cdb5608f 100644
--- a/app-arch/bzip2/bzip2-1.0.6.recipe
+++ b/app-arch/bzip2/bzip2-1.0.6.recipe
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ LICENSE="bzip2"
 COPYRIGHT="1996-2010 Julian R Seward"
 SRC_URI="http://www.bzip.org/1.0.6/bzip2-1.0.6.tar.gz"
 CHECKSUM_MD5="00b516f4704d4a7cb50a1d97e6e8e15b"
-REVISION="4"
+REVISION="5"
 ARCHITECTURES="x86_gcc2 x86 x86_64"
 SECONDARY_ARCHITECTURES="x86 x86_gcc2"
 
@@ -57,8 +57,15 @@ INSTALL()
 	make install PREFIX=$prefix
 
 	mkdir -p $libDir
+
+	#move the static library to the right dir for secondary arch builds
+	if [ -n "$secondaryArchSuffix" ];then
+		mv $prefix/lib/libbz2.a $libDir
+	fi
+
 	# also install shared lib
-	cp -a libbz2.so.1.0.6 libbz2.so.1.0 $libDir
+	ln -sf libbz2.so.1.0.6 libbz2.so
+	cp -a libbz2.so.1.0.6 libbz2.so.1.0 libbz2.so $libDir
 
 	# move man pages
 	mkdir -p $manDir
@@ -77,6 +84,12 @@ INSTALL()
 	# devel package
 	packageEntries devel \
 		$developDir
+
+	#remove bin commands and man pages when building for secondary arch
+	if [ -n "$secondaryArchSuffix" ];then
+		rm -rf $prefix/bin
+		rm -rf $manDir
+	fi
 }
 
 # ----- devel package -------------------------------------------------------