diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index 995b1f9f0d6..50b6ede8e18 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -2645,3 +2645,4 @@ libpayeeidentifier_nationalAccount.so.4 kmymoney-4.8.0_1
 libpayeeidentifier_iban_bic.so.4 kmymoney-4.8.0_1
 libkmm_payeeidentifier.so kmymoney-4.8.0_1
 libbotan-1.10.so.1 botan-1.10.13_1
+libswipl.so.7.2 swi-prolog-7.2.3_5
diff --git a/srcpkgs/swi-prolog/template b/srcpkgs/swi-prolog/template
index 7a6120251f4..e68ffb5bce1 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/swi-prolog/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/swi-prolog/template
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 # Template file for 'swi-prolog'
 pkgname=swi-prolog
 version=7.2.3
-revision=4
+revision=5
 wrksrc="swipl-${version}"
 build_style=gnu-configure
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
 makedepends="gmp-devel readline-devel libressl-devel zlib-devel libarchive-devel libXft-devel libjpeg-turbo-devel libXpm-devel libXinerama-devel unixodbc-devel  libXt-devel"
-short_desc="A comprehensive free Prolog environment"
+short_desc="Comprehensive free Prolog environment"
 maintainer="Christian Neukirchen <chneukirchen@gmail.com>"
 license="LGPL-2.1"
 homepage="http://www.swi-prolog.org/"
@@ -33,4 +33,6 @@ do_configure() {
 }
 post_install() {
 	chmod +x "${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/swipl-${version}/library/dialect/sicstus/swipl-lfr.pl"
+	ln -sfr ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/swipl-${version}/lib/*/libswipl.so.${version} \
+		${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/libswipl.so.${version%.*}
 }