diff --git a/src/meshlabplugins/filter_mutualinfoxml/filter_mutualinfoxml.pro b/src/meshlabplugins/filter_mutualinfoxml/filter_mutualinfoxml.pro
index f3eabaa7..a65c0cce 100644
--- a/src/meshlabplugins/filter_mutualinfoxml/filter_mutualinfoxml.pro
+++ b/src/meshlabplugins/filter_mutualinfoxml/filter_mutualinfoxml.pro
@@ -21,3 +21,4 @@ SOURCES       += filter_mutualinfo.cpp \
 TARGET        = filter_mutualinfo
 
 macx:QMAKE_POST_LINK = "cp "$$_PRO_FILE_PWD_/$$TARGET".xml ../../distrib/plugins/"$$TARGET".xml"
+linux:QMAKE_POST_LINK = "cp "$$_PRO_FILE_PWD_/$$TARGET".xml ../../distrib/plugins/"$$TARGET".xml; cd ../../distrib/plugins/ ; ln -sf "$$TARGET".xml lib"$$TARGET".xml"