diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 1e89298a..f0cf99ba 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -387,6 +387,9 @@ AC_SUBST(OPENSC_CFLAGS)
 pkgdata=`eval echo ${datadir}/${PACKAGE}` ; pkgdata=`eval echo ${pkgdata}`
 AC_SUBST(pkgdata)
 
+pkcs11dir="\$(libdir)/pkcs11"
+AC_SUBST([pkcs11dir])
+
 AC_OUTPUT([
 Makefile
 aclocal/Makefile
diff --git a/src/pkcs11/Makefile.am b/src/pkcs11/Makefile.am
index 636ac4db..69ac8401 100644
--- a/src/pkcs11/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/pkcs11/Makefile.am
@@ -45,3 +45,8 @@ pkcs11-jar: jar-dir
 	cp opensc_pkcs11_install.js jar-dir
 	signtool -Z"opensc-pkcs11.jar" -i"opensc_pkcs11_install.js" \
 		 -k"testcert" jar-dir
+
+# see http://wiki.cacert.org/wiki/Pkcs11TaskForce
+pkcs11_DATA = #This will create the directory
+install-data-hook:
+	$(LN_S) ../opensc-pkcs11.so $(DESTDIR)$(pkcs11dir)/opensc-pkcs11.so