diff --git a/buildtools/symlink-drivers-solibs.sh b/buildtools/symlink-drivers-solibs.sh
index 9826c6ae3..42985e855 100644
--- a/buildtools/symlink-drivers-solibs.sh
+++ b/buildtools/symlink-drivers-solibs.sh
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 # others, e.g. PCI device PMDs depending on the PCI bus driver.
 
 # parameters to script are paths relative to install prefix:
-# 1. directory containing driver files e.g. lib64/dpdk/drivers
-# 2. directory for installed regular libs e.g. lib64
-ln -rsf ${DESTDIR}/${MESON_INSTALL_PREFIX}/$1/* ${DESTDIR}/${MESON_INSTALL_PREFIX}/$2
+# 1. directory for installed regular libs e.g. lib64
+# 2. subdirectory of libdir where the pmds are
+
+cd ${MESON_INSTALL_DESTDIR_PREFIX}/$1 && ln -sfv $2/librte_*.so* .
diff --git a/config/meson.build b/config/meson.build
index f8aded6ed..3678348de 100644
--- a/config/meson.build
+++ b/config/meson.build
@@ -42,6 +42,13 @@ endif
 driver_install_path = join_paths(get_option('libdir'), pmd_subdir_opt)
 eal_pmd_path = join_paths(get_option('prefix'), driver_install_path)
 
+# driver .so files often depend upon the bus drivers for their connect bus,
+# e.g. ixgbe depends on librte_bus_pci. This means that the bus drivers need
+# to be in the library path, so symlink the drivers from the main lib directory.
+meson.add_install_script('../buildtools/symlink-drivers-solibs.sh',
+		get_option('libdir'),
+		pmd_subdir_opt)
+
 # set the machine type and cflags for it
 if meson.is_cross_build()
 	machine = host_machine.cpu()
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index a96486597..d1e8e5239 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -63,13 +63,6 @@ configure_file(output: build_cfg,
 # them.
 dpdk_drivers = ['-Wl,--whole-archive'] + dpdk_drivers + ['-Wl,--no-whole-archive']
 
-# driver .so files often depend upon the bus drivers for their connect bus,
-# e.g. ixgbe depends on librte_bus_pci. This means that the bus drivers need
-# to be in the library path, so symlink the drivers from the main lib directory.
-meson.add_install_script('buildtools/symlink-drivers-solibs.sh',
-		driver_install_path,
-		get_option('libdir'))
-
 pkg = import('pkgconfig')
 pkg.generate(name: meson.project_name(),
 	filebase: 'lib' + meson.project_name().to_lower(),