diff --git a/c_src/build_deps.sh b/c_src/build_deps.sh
index f4006e5..70163f5 100755
--- a/c_src/build_deps.sh
+++ b/c_src/build_deps.sh
@@ -175,7 +175,11 @@ case "$1" in
         cp -p -P $BASEDIR/system/lib/libwiredtiger-[0-9].[0-9].[0-9].so ${BASEDIR}/../priv
         cp -p -P $BASEDIR/system/lib/libwiredtiger_snappy.so ${BASEDIR}/../priv
         cp -p -P $BASEDIR/system/lib/libwiredtiger_bzip2.so* ${BASEDIR}/../priv
-        cp -p -P $BASEDIR/system/lib/libbz2.so.* ${BASEDIR}/../priv
+        cp -p -P $BASEDIR/system/lib/libbz2.so.[0-9].[0-9].[0-9] ${BASEDIR}/../priv
+        (cd ${BASEDIR}/../priv
+            [ -L libbz2.so ] || ln -s libbz2.so.1.0.6 libbz2.so
+            [ -L libbz2.so.1 ] || ln -s libbz2.so.1.0.6 libbz2.so.1
+            [ -L libbz2.so.1.0 ] || ln -s libbz2.so.1.0.6 libbz2.so.1.0)
         cp -p -P $BASEDIR/system/lib/libsnappy.so* ${BASEDIR}/../priv
         ;;
 esac