diff --git a/package/jimtcl/jimtcl.mk b/package/jimtcl/jimtcl.mk
index c2e04ff5c5..e79e0f6951 100644
--- a/package/jimtcl/jimtcl.mk
+++ b/package/jimtcl/jimtcl.mk
@@ -26,16 +26,15 @@ endef
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_STATIC_LIBS),y)
-JIMTCL_SHARED =
-JIMTCL_LIB = a
-JIMTCL_INSTALL_LIB =
+define JIMTCL_INSTALL_LIB
+	$(INSTALL) -m 0644 -D $(@D)/libjim.a $(1)/usr/lib/libjim.a
+endef
 else
 JIMTCL_SHARED = --shared
-JIMTCL_LIB = so.$(JIMTCL_VERSION)
 define JIMTCL_INSTALL_LIB
-	$(INSTALL) -D $(@D)/libjim.$(JIMTCL_LIB) \
-		$(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/libjim.$(JIMTCL_LIB)
-	ln -s libjim.$(JIMTCL_LIB) $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/libjim.so
+	$(INSTALL) -m 0755 -D $(@D)/libjim.so.$(JIMTCL_VERSION) \
+		$(1)/usr/lib/libjim.$(JIMTCL_VERSION)
+	ln -s libjim.$(JIMTCL_VERSION) $(1)/usr/lib/libjim.so
 endef
 endif
 
@@ -55,13 +54,12 @@ define JIMTCL_INSTALL_STAGING_CMDS
 	for i in $(JIMTCL_HEADERS_TO_INSTALL); do \
 		cp -a $(@D)/$$i $(STAGING_DIR)/usr/include/ || exit 1 ; \
 	done; \
-	$(INSTALL) -D $(@D)/libjim.$(JIMTCL_LIB) $(STAGING_DIR)/usr/lib/libjim.$(JIMTCL_LIB);
-	ln -s libjim.$(JIMTCL_LIB) $(STAGING_DIR)/usr/lib/libjim.so
+	$(call JIMTCL_INSTALL_LIB,$(STAGING_DIR))
 endef
 
 define JIMTCL_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
 	$(INSTALL) -D $(@D)/jimsh $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/bin/jimsh
-	$(JIMTCL_INSTALL_LIB)
+	$(call JIMTCL_INSTALL_LIB,$(TARGET_DIR))
 	$(JIMTCL_LINK_TCLSH)
 endef