diff --git a/patches/LuaJIT-2.0.0-beta7-symlink_lib.patch b/patches/LuaJIT-2.0.0-beta7-symlink_lib.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..59701f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/LuaJIT-2.0.0-beta7-symlink_lib.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+--- LuaJIT-2.0.0-beta7/Makefile	2011-05-05 22:30:00.000000000 +0800
++++ LuaJIT-2.0.0-beta7-patched/Makefile	2011-05-26 15:32:02.888893148 +0800
+@@ -113,13 +113,8 @@
+ 	  $(RM) $(FILE_PC).tmp
+ 	cd src && $(INSTALL_F) $(FILES_INC) $(INSTALL_INC)
+ 	cd lib && $(INSTALL_F) $(FILES_JITLIB) $(INSTALL_JITLIB)
++	$(SYMLINK) $(INSTALL_TNAME) $(INSTALL_TSYM)
+ 	@echo "==== Successfully installed LuaJIT $(VERSION) to $(PREFIX) ===="
+-	@echo ""
+-	@echo "Note: the beta releases deliberately do NOT install a symlink for luajit"
+-	@echo "You can do this now by running this command (with sudo):"
+-	@echo ""
+-	@echo "  $(SYMLINK) $(INSTALL_TNAME) $(INSTALL_TSYM)"
+-	@echo ""
+ 
+ ##############################################################################
+ 
diff --git a/util/mirror-tarballs b/util/mirror-tarballs
index 5465205..87b1fbf 100755
--- a/util/mirror-tarballs
+++ b/util/mirror-tarballs
@@ -180,6 +180,8 @@ ver=2.0.0-beta7
 $root/util/get-tarball "http://luajit.org/download/LuaJIT-$ver.tar.gz" -O "LuaJIT-$ver.tar.gz" || exit 1
 tar -xzf LuaJIT-$ver.tar.gz || exit 1
 
+patch -p0 < $root/patches/LuaJIT-$ver-symlink_lib.patch || exit 1
+
 #################################
 
 ver=0.8
diff --git a/util/ver b/util/ver
index ac2b3f9..2725d6a 100755
--- a/util/ver
+++ b/util/ver
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 main_ver=0.8.54
-minor_ver=5
+minor_ver=6rc1
 version=$main_ver.$minor_ver
 echo $version