diff --git a/build/packages-template/bbb-config/after-install.sh b/build/packages-template/bbb-config/after-install.sh
index c1370e276f..02301ca47e 100644
--- a/build/packages-template/bbb-config/after-install.sh
+++ b/build/packages-template/bbb-config/after-install.sh
@@ -140,9 +140,10 @@ else
   sed -i 's/events {/worker_rlimit_nofile 10000;\n\nevents {/g' /etc/nginx/nginx.conf
 fi
 
+mkdir -p /etc/bigbluebutton/nginx
+
 # symlink default bbb nginx config from package if it does not exist
 if [ ! -e /etc/bigbluebutton/nginx/include_default.nginx ] ; then
-  mkdir -p /etc/bigbluebutton/nginx
   ln -s /usr/share/bigbluebutton/include_default.nginx /etc/bigbluebutton/nginx/include_default.nginx
 fi
 
@@ -165,5 +166,11 @@ removeOldOverride bbb-fsesl-akka
 removeOldOverride bbb-transcode-akka
 
 
+# re-create the symlink for apply-lib.sh to ensure the latest version is present
+if [ -f /usr/lib/bbb-conf/apply-lib.sh ] && [ -f /etc/bigbluebutton/bbb-conf/apply-lib.sh ]; then
+  rm /etc/bigbluebutton/bbb-conf/apply-lib.sh
+  ln -s /etc/bigbluebutton/bbb-conf/apply-lib.sh /usr/lib/bbb-conf/apply-lib.sh
+fi
+
 # Load the overrides
 systemctl daemon-reload
diff --git a/build/packages-template/bbb-config/build.sh b/build/packages-template/bbb-config/build.sh
index 6f4c44542a..410770afa9 100755
--- a/build/packages-template/bbb-config/build.sh
+++ b/build/packages-template/bbb-config/build.sh
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@ cp bin/bbb-conf bin/bbb-record staging/usr/bin
 chmod +x staging/usr/bin/bbb-conf
 
 mkdir -p staging/etc/bigbluebutton/bbb-conf
-cp bin/apply-lib.sh staging/etc/bigbluebutton/bbb-conf
+mkdir -p staging/usr/lib/bbb-conf
+cp bin/apply-lib.sh staging/usr/lib/bbb-conf
 
 mkdir -p staging/etc/cron.daily
 cp cron.daily/* staging/etc/cron.daily