diff --git a/src/main/scala/com/typesafe/sbt/packager/GenericPackageSettings.scala b/src/main/scala/com/typesafe/sbt/packager/GenericPackageSettings.scala
index 42ecfdffd..a66f1d365 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/com/typesafe/sbt/packager/GenericPackageSettings.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/com/typesafe/sbt/packager/GenericPackageSettings.scala
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ trait GenericPackageSettings
           if !file.isDirectory
           if name startsWith "bin/"
           if !(name endsWith ".bat")  // IGNORE windows-y things.
-        } yield LinuxSymlink("/usr/" + name, installLocation.stripPrefix("/usr/")+"/"+pkg+"/"+name)
+        } yield LinuxSymlink("/usr/" + name, installLocation+"/"+pkg+"/"+name)
     },
     // Map configuration files
     linuxPackageSymlinks <++= (normalizedName in Universal, mappings in Universal, defaultLinuxInstallLocation) map { (pkg, mappings, installLocation) =>
diff --git a/src/sbt-test/debian/upstart-deb/build.sbt b/src/sbt-test/debian/upstart-deb/build.sbt
index bec91bc91..67390d4cc 100644
--- a/src/sbt-test/debian/upstart-deb/build.sbt
+++ b/src/sbt-test/debian/upstart-deb/build.sbt
@@ -31,3 +31,13 @@ TaskKey[Unit]("check-control-files") <<= (target, streams) map { (target, out) =
   ()
 }
 
+InputKey[Unit]("check-softlink") <<= inputTask { (argTask: TaskKey[Seq[String]]) =>
+  (argTask) map { (args: Seq[String]) =>
+    assert(args.size >= 2, "Usage: check-softlink link to target")
+    val link = args(0)
+    val target = args(args.size - 1)
+    val absolutePath = ("readlink -m " + link).!!.trim
+    assert(link != absolutePath, "Expected symbolic link '" + link + "' does not exist")
+    assert(target == absolutePath, "Expected symbolic link '" + link + "' to point to '" + target + "', but instead it's '" + absolutePath + "'")
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/sbt-test/debian/upstart-deb/test b/src/sbt-test/debian/upstart-deb/test
index 4949f1a21..050ce9630 100644
--- a/src/sbt-test/debian/upstart-deb/test
+++ b/src/sbt-test/debian/upstart-deb/test
@@ -12,3 +12,4 @@ $ exists target/debian-test-0.1.0/DEBIAN/postinst
 
 # Check files for defaults
 > check-control-files
+> check-softlink target/debian-test-0.1.0/usr/bin/debian-test points to /usr/share/debian-test/bin/debian-test