diff --git a/office/libreoffice/libreoffice.SlackBuild b/office/libreoffice/libreoffice.SlackBuild
index 6eaf2b7b2f..e87b6120bf 100644
--- a/office/libreoffice/libreoffice.SlackBuild
+++ b/office/libreoffice/libreoffice.SlackBuild
@@ -121,6 +121,15 @@ cd $PKG/usr/bin
   done
 cd -
 
+# The symlinks below are required to (directly) open documents
+# supported by libreoffice with Xfe file manager.
+ln -sf ../../opt/libreoffice$SRCSHORT/program/sbase    lobase
+ln -sf ../../opt/libreoffice$SRCSHORT/program/scalc    localc
+ln -sf ../../opt/libreoffice$SRCSHORT/program/sdraw    lodraw
+ln -sf ../../opt/libreoffice$SRCSHORT/program/simpress loimpress
+ln -sf ../../opt/libreoffice$SRCSHORT/program/smath    lomath
+ln -sf ../../opt/libreoffice$SRCSHORT/program/swriter  lowriter
+
 # Remove DejaVu and Liberation fonts - these are included in other packages
 rm -f opt/libreoffice$SRCSHORT/share/fonts/truetype/{DejaVu,Liberation}*.ttf