diff --git a/network/avahi/avahi.SlackBuild b/network/avahi/avahi.SlackBuild
index 9cdb269b58..604be0368a 100644
--- a/network/avahi/avahi.SlackBuild
+++ b/network/avahi/avahi.SlackBuild
@@ -133,6 +133,10 @@ CXXFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
 make
 make install DESTDIR=$PKG
 
+# howl and mdnsresponder compatability
+(cd $PKG/usr/include; ln -s avahi-compat-libdns_sd/dns_sd.h dns_sd.h; ln -s avahi-compat-howl howl)
+(cd $PKG/usr/lib$LIBDIRSUFFIX/pkgconfig; ln -s avahi-compat-howl.pc howl.pc)
+
 find $PKG | xargs file | grep -e "executable" -e "shared object" | grep ELF \
   | cut -f 1 -d : | xargs strip --strip-unneeded 2> /dev/null || true