diff --git a/develop/libacpi/install.patch b/develop/libacpi/install.patch
new file mode 100644
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/develop/libacpi/install.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-BEGIN ---
+# This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
+#
+# Filename: package/.../libacpi/install.patch
+# Copyright (C) 2010 The OpenSDE Project
+#
+# More information can be found in the files COPYING and README.
+#
+# This patch file is dual-licensed. It is available under the license the
+# patched project is licensed under, as long as it is an OpenSource license
+# as defined at http://www.opensource.org/ (e.g. BSD, X11) or under the terms
+# of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
+# Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later
+# version.
+# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
+
+Fix install target to remove existing destination files while creating
+symlinks for the shared library. 
+
+--- libacpi-0.2/Makefile.orig	2010-07-27 17:07:09.108256069 +0200
++++ libacpi-0.2/Makefile	2010-07-27 17:07:26.412027931 +0200
+@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
+ 	@chmod 644 ${DESTDIR}${PREFIX}/lib/libacpi.a
+ 	@cp -f ${SONAME} ${DESTDIR}${PREFIX}/lib/
+ 	@chmod 644 ${DESTDIR}${PREFIX}/lib/${SONAME}
+-	@ln -s ${SONAME} ${DESTDIR}${PREFIX}/lib/libacpi.so
++	@ln -sf ${SONAME} ${DESTDIR}${PREFIX}/lib/libacpi.so
+ 	@echo installing test-libacpi to ${DESTDIR}${PREFIX}/bin
+ 	@mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}${PREFIX}/bin
+ 	@cp -f test-libacpi ${DESTDIR}${PREFIX}/bin