diff --git a/net-libs/libssh/libssh-0.8.5.recipe b/net-libs/libssh/libssh-0.8.5.recipe
index d4da2f425..1280a8481 100644
--- a/net-libs/libssh/libssh-0.8.5.recipe
+++ b/net-libs/libssh/libssh-0.8.5.recipe
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ COPYRIGHT="1995 Tatu Ylonen
 	2018 Red Hat, Inc."
 LICENSE="GNU LGPL v2.1
 	BSD (2-clause)"
-REVISION="1"
+REVISION="2"
 SOURCE_URI="https://www.libssh.org/files/${portVersion%.*}/libssh-$portVersion.tar.xz"
 CHECKSUM_SHA256="07d2c431240fc88f6b06bcb36ae267f9afeedce2e32f6c42f8844b205ab5a335"
 PATCHES="libssh-$portVersion.patchset"
@@ -125,6 +125,8 @@ INSTALL()
 	prepareInstalledDevelLibs libssh
 	fixPkgconfig
 
+	ln -sr $libDir/libssh.so.$libVersion $libDir/libssh.so
+
 	# devel package
 	packageEntries devel \
 		"$developDir" \