diff --git a/packages/databases/mysql/build b/packages/databases/mysql/build
index 9acd91d6a5..b9d695e0d6 100755
--- a/packages/databases/mysql/build
+++ b/packages/databases/mysql/build
@@ -62,4 +62,8 @@ make
 
 $MAKEINSTALL
 
+for i in `ls -d $SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr/lib/mysql/libmysqlclient*.so*`; do 
+  ln -v -sf $i $SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr/lib
+done
+
 cp -PR scripts/mysql_config $SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr/bin
diff --git a/packages/databases/mysql/url b/packages/databases/mysql/url
index 336fb4fbfe..86c20fe9e1 100644
--- a/packages/databases/mysql/url
+++ b/packages/databases/mysql/url
@@ -1 +1 @@
-ftp://mirror.switch.ch/mirror/mysql/Downloads/MySQL-5.1/mysql-5.1.37.tar.gz
\ No newline at end of file
+ftp://mirror.switch.ch/mirror/mysql/Downloads/MySQL-5.1/mysql-5.1.39.tar.gz