diff --git a/srcpkgs/sabnzbd/files/sabnzbd b/srcpkgs/sabnzbd/files/sabnzbd
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1679bc570bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/sabnzbd/files/sabnzbd
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+cd /usr/share/sabnzbd/
+./SABnzbd.py $*
diff --git a/srcpkgs/sabnzbd/template b/srcpkgs/sabnzbd/template
index d7d46c2724d..3f232c47456 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/sabnzbd/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/sabnzbd/template
@@ -40,6 +40,5 @@ do_install() {
 	vmkdir usr/share/sabnzbd
 	mv * ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/sabnzbd/
 
-	mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}/usr/bin/
-	ln -fs /usr/share/sabnzbd/SABnzbd.py ${DESTDIR}/usr/bin/sabnzbd
+	vinstall ${FILESDIR}/sabnzbd 0755 usr/bin/
 }