diff --git a/package/luajit/luajit-06-install-so.patch b/package/luajit/luajit-06-install-so.patch
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@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+fix the following runtime error :
+    luajit: error while loading shared libraries: libluajit-5.1.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
+
+by creating two symbolic links:
+    libluajit-5.1.so -> libluajit-5.1.so.2.0.3
+    libluajit-5.1.so.2 -> libluajit-5.1.so.2.0.3
+
+Signed-off-by: Francois Perrad <francois.perrad@gadz.org>
+
+Index: b/Makefile
+===================================================================
+--- a/Makefile
++++ b/Makefile
+@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
+ INSTALL_STATIC= $(INSTALL_LIB)/$(INSTALL_ANAME)
+ INSTALL_DYN= $(INSTALL_LIB)/$(INSTALL_SONAME)
+ INSTALL_SHORT1= $(INSTALL_LIB)/$(INSTALL_SOSHORT)
+-INSTALL_SHORT2= $(INSTALL_LIB)/$(INSTALL_SOSHORT)
++INSTALL_SHORT2= $(INSTALL_LIB)/$(INSTALL_SOSHORT).$(MAJVER)
+ INSTALL_T= $(INSTALL_BIN)/$(INSTALL_TNAME)
+ INSTALL_TSYM= $(INSTALL_BIN)/$(INSTALL_TSYMNAME)
+ INSTALL_PC= $(INSTALL_PKGCONFIG)/$(INSTALL_PCNAME)