diff --git a/packages/multimedia/rtmpdump/package.mk b/packages/multimedia/rtmpdump/package.mk
index 98c8c1fabd..00f3eb21c2 100644
--- a/packages/multimedia/rtmpdump/package.mk
+++ b/packages/multimedia/rtmpdump/package.mk
@@ -84,4 +84,8 @@ makeinstall_target() {
 
 post_makeinstall_target() {
   rm -rf $INSTALL/usr/sbin
+
+  # to be removed: hack for "compatibility"
+  mkdir -p $INSTALL/usr/lib
+    ln -sf librtmp.so.1 $INSTALL/usr/lib/librtmp.so.0
 }