--- ./scripts/find-debuginfo.in.orig	2021-09-23 20:23:21.967469723 +0000
+++ ./scripts/find-debuginfo.in	2021-09-23 20:24:51.623286108 +0000
@@ -391,7 +391,17 @@ debug_link()
   local l="/usr/lib/debug$2"
   local t="$1"
   echo >> "$LINKSFILE" "$l $t"
-  link_relative "$t" "$l" "$RPM_BUILD_ROOT"
+
+  # this should correspond to what brp-symlink is doing
+  case $t in
+      /usr*)
+	  link_relative "$t" "$l" "$RPM_BUILD_ROOT"
+	  ;;
+      *)
+	  mkdir -p "$(dirname "$RPM_BUILD_ROOT$l")" && \
+	      ln -snf "$t" "$RPM_BUILD_ROOT$l"
+	  ;;
+  esac
 }
 
 get_debugfn()