diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/tcltk/tcl_8.6.1.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/tcltk/tcl_8.6.1.bb
index be59ad1376..c5eb20581b 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/tcltk/tcl_8.6.1.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/tcltk/tcl_8.6.1.bb
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ do_compile_prepend() {
 do_install() {
 	autotools_do_install install-private-headers
 	ln -sf ./tclsh${VER} ${D}${bindir}/tclsh
+	ln -sf tclsh8.6 ${D}${bindir}/tclsh${VER}
 	sed -i "s+-L${B}+-L${STAGING_LIBDIR}+g" tclConfig.sh
 	sed -i "s+${WORKDIR}+${STAGING_INCDIR}+g" tclConfig.sh
 	sed -i "s,-L${libdir},-L=${libdir},g" tclConfig.sh