diff --git a/build/jam/OptionalPackages b/build/jam/OptionalPackages
index ab64f7f5f9..75e5702d27 100644
--- a/build/jam/OptionalPackages
+++ b/build/jam/OptionalPackages
@@ -241,6 +241,8 @@ if [ IsOptionalHaikuImagePackageAdded Development ]
 			: $(baseURL)/m4-1.4.12-gcc2-2008-11-04.zip
 			:
 		;
+		AddSymlinkToHaikuImage bin : /boot/common/bin/m4 : m4 ;
+
 		InstallOptionalHaikuImagePackage autoconf-2.61-gcc2-2008-03-24
 			: $(baseURL)/autoconf-2.61-gcc2-2008-03-24.zip
 			: home
@@ -412,6 +414,8 @@ if [ IsOptionalHaikuImagePackageAdded Perl ] {
 			: $(baseURL)/perl-5.10.0-gcc2-2008-10-29.zip
 			:
 		;
+		AddSymlinkToHaikuImage bin : /boot/common/bin/perl : perl ;
+
 	}
 }