diff --git a/packages/devel/swig/package.mk b/packages/devel/swig/package.mk
index 5a74f2bbf2..d47d5f95e3 100644
--- a/packages/devel/swig/package.mk
+++ b/packages/devel/swig/package.mk
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ PKG_SHORTDESC="SWIG: a software development tool that connects programs written
 PKG_LONGDESC="SWIG is a software development tool that connects programs written in C and C++ with a variety of high-level programming languages."
 PKG_AUTORECONF="no"
 
-PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_HOST="--with-pcre-prefix=$TOOLCHAIN \
+PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_HOST="--program-suffix=3.0 \
+                         --with-pcre-prefix=$TOOLCHAIN \
                          --with-boost=no \
                          --without-pcre \
                          --without-x \
@@ -55,3 +56,7 @@ PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_HOST="--with-pcre-prefix=$TOOLCHAIN \
                          --without-r \
                          --without-go \
                          --without-d"
+
+post_makeinstall_host() {
+  ln -sf swig3.0 $TOOLCHAIN/bin/swig
+}