diff --git a/cmake/SimutransInstall.cmake b/cmake/SimutransInstall.cmake
index 7fe93547c..7797cd295 100644
--- a/cmake/SimutransInstall.cmake
+++ b/cmake/SimutransInstall.cmake
@@ -102,12 +102,15 @@ if (UNIX AND NOT APPLE AND NOT OPTION_BUNDLE_LIBRARIES)
 		set(INSTALL_DATADIR ${CMAKE_INSTALL_DATADIR})
 	endif ()
 
-	install(TARGETS simutrans RUNTIME DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR}")
 
 	install(DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/simutrans
 		DESTINATION ${INSTALL_DATADIR}
 		REGEX "simutrans/simutrans|simutrans/get_pak.sh" EXCLUDE
 	)
+
+	install(TARGETS simutrans RUNTIME DESTINATION "${INSTALL_DATADIR}/simutrans")
+	file(CREATE_LINK "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/${INSTALL_DATADIR}/simutrans/simutrans" "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR}/simutrans" SYMBOLIC)
+
 	install(FILES ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/simutrans/get_pak.sh DESTINATION ${INSTALL_DATADIR}/simutrans PERMISSIONS OWNER_READ OWNER_WRITE OWNER_EXECUTE GROUP_READ GROUP_EXECUTE WORLD_EXECUTE WORLD_READ)
 
 	install(FILES ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src/simutrans/simutrans.svg DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_DATADIR}/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps)