diff --git a/packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.6.6-016-python_symlink-0.1.patch b/packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.6.6-016-python_symlink-0.1.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f284dba555
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.6.6-016-python_symlink-0.1.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+Use a symlink between python and pythonVERSION
+
+By default, a hard link is used between /usr/bin/python and
+/usr/bin/pythonVERSION. Using hard links for such things is fairly
+uncommon, so let's make a symbolic link instead.
+
+Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
+
+---
+ Makefile.pre.in |    2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+Index: Python-2.7.1/Makefile.pre.in
+===================================================================
+--- Python-2.7.1.orig/Makefile.pre.in
++++ Python-2.7.1/Makefile.pre.in
+@@ -791,7 +791,7 @@
+ 	then rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)/$(PYTHON); \
+ 	else true; \
+ 	fi
+-	(cd $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR); $(LN) python$(VERSION)$(EXE) $(PYTHON))
++	(cd $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR); $(LN) -s python$(VERSION)$(EXE) $(PYTHON))
+ 	-rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)/python-config
+ 	(cd $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR); $(LN) -s python$(VERSION)-config python-config)
+ 	-test -d $(DESTDIR)$(LIBPC) || $(INSTALL) -d -m $(DIRMODE) $(DESTDIR)$(LIBPC)