diff --git a/templates/attr/devel.template b/templates/attr/devel.template
index afdfb48a479..845fe0cbcbc 100644
--- a/templates/attr/devel.template
+++ b/templates/attr/devel.template
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ long_desc="${long_desc}
 
  This package contains files for development, headers, static libs, etc."
 
+revision=1
 Add_dependency run attr
 
 do_install()
diff --git a/templates/attr/template b/templates/attr/template
index ba88d1a05ff..8033cdb536b 100644
--- a/templates/attr/template
+++ b/templates/attr/template
@@ -28,4 +28,6 @@ post_install()
 	mv ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/libattr.so.* ${DESTDIR}/lib
 	mv ${DESTDIR}/usr/libexec/libattr.* ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib
 	rm -rf ${DESTDIR}/usr/libexec
+	rm -f ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/libattr.so
+	cd ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib && ln -sf ../../lib/libattr.so.1 libattr.so
 }