diff --git a/rpm.changes b/rpm.changes
index b1882f4..59a0eea 100644
--- a/rpm.changes
+++ b/rpm.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Nov  6 10:05:10 UTC 2017 - rbrown@suse.com
+
+- Correct %post compatibility symlink for /usr/lib/sysimage/rpm
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Oct 26 12:10:16 UTC 2017 - rbrown@suse.com
 
diff --git a/rpm.spec b/rpm.spec
index 716839d..84d36c2 100644
--- a/rpm.spec
+++ b/rpm.spec
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ echo -n "%{_target_cpu}-suse-linux-gnueabi" > %{buildroot}/etc/rpm/platform
 # var/lib/rpm migration: set forwards compatible symlink for /usr/lib/sysimage/rpm so scriptlets in same transaction will still work
 if (test ! -L var/lib/rpm) && (test -f var/lib/rpm/Packages) ; then
   rmdir usr/lib/sysimage/rpm
-  ln -s ../../var/lib/rpm usr/lib/sysimage/rpm
+  ln -s ../../../var/lib/rpm usr/lib/sysimage/rpm
 fi
 
 test -f usr/lib/sysimage/rpm/Packages || rpmdb --initdb