diff --git a/build_debian.sh b/build_debian.sh
index 9dccbbd0dbb6..ca111a3861e5 100755
--- a/build_debian.sh
+++ b/build_debian.sh
@@ -613,5 +613,5 @@ fi
 pushd $FILESYSTEM_ROOT && sudo tar czf $OLDPWD/$FILESYSTEM_DOCKERFS -C ${DOCKERFS_PATH}var/lib/docker .; popd
 
 ## Compress together with /boot, /var/lib/docker and $PLATFORM_DIR as an installer payload zip file
-pushd $FILESYSTEM_ROOT && sudo zip $OLDPWD/$ONIE_INSTALLER_PAYLOAD -r boot/ $PLATFORM_DIR/; popd
+pushd $FILESYSTEM_ROOT && sudo zip --symlinks $OLDPWD/$ONIE_INSTALLER_PAYLOAD -r boot/ $PLATFORM_DIR/; popd
 sudo zip -g -n .squashfs:.gz $ONIE_INSTALLER_PAYLOAD $FILESYSTEM_SQUASHFS $FILESYSTEM_DOCKERFS
diff --git a/files/build_templates/sonic_debian_extension.j2 b/files/build_templates/sonic_debian_extension.j2
index deb903096c83..92eac7d890a8 100644
--- a/files/build_templates/sonic_debian_extension.j2
+++ b/files/build_templates/sonic_debian_extension.j2
@@ -590,7 +590,9 @@ sudo LANG=C chroot $FILESYSTEM_ROOT depmod -a {{kversion}}
 sudo dpkg --root=$FILESYSTEM_ROOT -i {{deb}} || sudo LANG=C DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive chroot $FILESYSTEM_ROOT apt-get -y install -f --download-only
 
 sudo mkdir -p $FILESYSTEM_ROOT/$PLATFORM_DIR/{{dev}}
-sudo cp {{ deb }} $FILESYSTEM_ROOT/$PLATFORM_DIR/{{dev}}/
+sudo mkdir -p $FILESYSTEM_ROOT/$PLATFORM_DIR/common
+sudo cp {{ deb }} $FILESYSTEM_ROOT/$PLATFORM_DIR/common/
+sudo ln -sf "../common/{{ debfilename }}" "$FILESYSTEM_ROOT/$PLATFORM_DIR/{{dev}}/{{ debfilename }}"
 for f in $(find $FILESYSTEM_ROOT/var/cache/apt/archives -name "*.deb"); do
     sudo mv $f $FILESYSTEM_ROOT/$PLATFORM_DIR/{{dev}}/
 done