diff --git a/poky/meta/classes/license_image.bbclass b/poky/meta/classes/license_image.bbclass
index a8c72da..702e9f9 100644
--- a/poky/meta/classes/license_image.bbclass
+++ b/poky/meta/classes/license_image.bbclass
@@ -200,6 +200,17 @@
     image_license_manifest = os.path.join(lic_manifest_dir, 'image_license.manifest')
     write_license_files(d, image_license_manifest, man_dic, rootfs=False)
 
+    link_name = d.getVar('IMAGE_LINK_NAME')
+    if link_name:
+        lic_manifest_symlink_dir = os.path.join(d.getVar('LICENSE_DIRECTORY'),
+                                    link_name)
+        # remove old symlink
+        if os.path.islink(lic_manifest_symlink_dir):
+            os.unlink(lic_manifest_symlink_dir)
+
+        # create the image dir symlink
+        os.symlink(lic_manifest_dir, lic_manifest_symlink_dir)
+
 def get_deployed_dependencies(d):
     """
     Get all the deployed dependencies of an image