diff --git a/redis.changes b/redis.changes
index f6da4d5..4df0f37 100644
--- a/redis.changes
+++ b/redis.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Sep  6 15:08:28 UTC 2018 - Marcus Rueckert <mrueckert@suse.de>
+
+- replace some duplicate binaries with symlinks similar to what the
+  fedora package does
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Aug 17 00:33:26 UTC 2018 - ilya@ilya.pp.ua
 
diff --git a/redis.spec b/redis.spec
index de74516..f31655a 100644
--- a/redis.spec
+++ b/redis.spec
@@ -15,9 +15,11 @@
 # Please submit bugfixes or comments via https://bugs.opensuse.org
 #
 
+
 %define _data_dir       %{_localstatedir}/lib/%{name}
 %define _log_dir        %{_localstatedir}/log/%{name}
 %define _conf_dir       %{_sysconfdir}/%{name}
+
 Name:           redis
 Version:        4.0.11
 Release:        0
@@ -72,6 +74,7 @@ make %{?_smp_mflags} CFLAGS="%{optflags}" V=1
 
 %install
 install -m 0750 -d \
+  %{buildroot}%{_sbindir} \
   %{buildroot}%{_log_dir} \
   %{buildroot}%{_data_dir} \
   %{buildroot}%{_conf_dir} \
@@ -80,11 +83,15 @@ install -m 0750 -d \
 
 install -Dpm 0755 src/%{name}-benchmark  %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/%{name}-benchmark
 install -Dpm 0755 src/%{name}-cli        %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/%{name}-cli
-install -Dpm 0755 src/%{name}-check-aof  %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/%{name}-check-aof
-install -Dpm 0755 src/%{name}-check-rdb  %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/%{name}-check-rdb
 install -Dpm 0755 src/%{name}-trib.rb    %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/%{name}-trib.rb
+
 install -Dpm 0755 src/%{name}-server     %{buildroot}%{_sbindir}/%{name}-server
-ln -sfv redis-server                     %{buildroot}%{_sbindir}/%{name}-sentinel
+
+ln -sfv ../sbin/redis-server             %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/%{name}-check-aof
+ln -sfv ../sbin/redis-server             %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/%{name}-check-rdb
+ln -sfv ../sbin/redis-server             %{buildroot}%{_sbindir}/%{name}-check-aof
+ln -sfv ../sbin/redis-server             %{buildroot}%{_sbindir}/%{name}-check-rdb
+ln -sfv ../sbin/redis-server             %{buildroot}%{_sbindir}/%{name}-sentinel
 
 perl -p -i -e 's|daemonize yes|daemonize no|g' %{name}.conf
 install -Dm 0640 redis.conf              %{buildroot}%{_conf_dir}/default.conf.example