diff --git a/busybox.changes b/busybox.changes
index 915dc92..b0a22ed 100644
--- a/busybox.changes
+++ b/busybox.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Nov 20 08:59:57 UTC 2020 - Ludwig Nussel <lnussel@suse.de>
+
+- prepare usrmerge (boo#1029961)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Sep 29 10:00:25 UTC 2020 - Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/busybox.spec b/busybox.spec
index 5f6b11e..82c1564 100644
--- a/busybox.spec
+++ b/busybox.spec
@@ -92,6 +92,9 @@ cp -a %{SOURCE2} .config
 make %{?_smp_mflags} -e oldconfig
 make -e %{?_smp_mflags}
 make -e doc busybox.links %{?_smp_mflags}
+%if 0%{?usrmerged}
+sed -i -e 's,^/\(s\?bin\)/,/usr/\1/,' busybox.links
+%endif
 
 %install
 install -d %{buildroot}/%{_bindir}