diff --git a/install.php b/install.php
index f869c45e68991ddde8118dcdae34259f6afd5bad..0effbd15fa681c15975c92deca03accbfdbe35cf 100644
--- a/install.php
+++ b/install.php
@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@ function getApacheLocation($overrideDir)
         // multisite mode, we don't use the same symlink for multiple instances:
         $symlink = basename($overrideDir);
         $symlink = ($symlink == 'local') ? 'vufind' : ('vufind-' . $symlink);
+        $symlink .= '.conf';
 
         echo "You can do it in either of two ways:\n\n";
         echo "    a) Add this line to your {$httpdConf} file:\n";
diff --git a/packages/DEBIAN/postinst b/packages/DEBIAN/postinst
index 4b34f53a273b43c5420cbdfe60ae99c5b0a71e54..4f751327647a4d0a89b389cd8c2574077488955a 100644
--- a/packages/DEBIAN/postinst
+++ b/packages/DEBIAN/postinst
@@ -39,5 +39,5 @@ APACHE_CONF_DIR=/etc/apache2/conf.d
 if [ ! -d $APACHE_CONF_DIR ]; then
   APACHE_CONF_DIR=/etc/apache2/conf-enabled
 fi
-ln -s $VUFIND_LOCAL_DIR/httpd-vufind.conf $APACHE_CONF_DIR/vufind2
+ln -s $VUFIND_LOCAL_DIR/httpd-vufind.conf $APACHE_CONF_DIR/vufind2.conf
 /etc/init.d/apache2 force-reload