diff --git a/libfastcommon.spec b/libfastcommon.spec
index 2321777efd3f9d7d55941ad39c2ed33314217b16..990662d9e164786b9d226045f98ef287693c48e6 100644
--- a/libfastcommon.spec
+++ b/libfastcommon.spec
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ rm -rf %{buildroot}
 %files
 %defattr(-,root,root,-)
 /usr/lib64/libfastcommon.so*
-/usr/lib/libfastcommon.so*
 
 %files devel
 %defattr(-,root,root,-)
diff --git a/src/Makefile.in b/src/Makefile.in
index c662e4345c9506b66fd69c2ebce8fb61e5bf1d7e..be3bbef9834f08a895bf00e3cf48ddd8a9cd48f7 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.in
+++ b/src/Makefile.in
@@ -72,7 +72,9 @@ install:
 
 	install -m 755 $(SHARED_LIBS) $(TARGET_LIB)
 	install -m 644 $(HEADER_FILES) $(TARGET_PREFIX)/include/fastcommon
-	if [ ! -e $(TARGET_PREFIX)/lib/libfastcommon.so ]; then ln -s $(TARGET_LIB)/libfastcommon.so $(TARGET_PREFIX)/lib/libfastcommon.so; fi
+
+	@BUILDROOT=$$(echo "$(TARGET_PREFIX)" | grep BUILDROOT); \
+	if [ -z "$$BUILDROOT" ] && [ ! -e $(TARGET_PREFIX)/lib/libfastcommon.so ]; then ln -s $(TARGET_LIB)/libfastcommon.so $(TARGET_PREFIX)/lib/libfastcommon.so; fi
 clean:
 	rm -f $(ALL_OBJS) $(ALL_PRGS) $(ALL_LIBS)