diff --git a/script/stage-static-vendor-libraries.sh b/script/stage-static-vendor-libraries.sh
index e4c65b43f..a04eb445e 100755
--- a/script/stage-static-vendor-libraries.sh
+++ b/script/stage-static-vendor-libraries.sh
@@ -1,28 +1,33 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+mkdir -p bin/lib/
+mkdir -p bin/plugins/
+pushd bin/plugins
+rm lib 2> /dev/null
+ln -s ../lib/
+popd
+
 PLATFORM=$(uname)
 if [[ "$PLATFORM" == 'Darwin' ]]; then
     echo "[stage-static-vendor-libraries] no-op on darwin. not required."
     exit 0
+elif [[ "$PLATFORM" == 'Linux' ]]; then
+    echo "[stage-static-vendor-libraries] staging linux libraries..."
+    cp vendor/boost-bin/lib/libboost_filesystem.so.1.78.0 ./bin/lib/
+    cp vendor/boost-bin/lib/libboost_thread.so.1.78.0 ./bin/lib/
+    cp vendor/ffmpeg-bin/lib/libavcodec-musikcube.so.59 ./bin/lib/
+    cp vendor/ffmpeg-bin/lib/libavformat-musikcube.so.59 ./bin/lib/
+    cp vendor/ffmpeg-bin/lib/libavutil-musikcube.so.57 ./bin/lib/
+    cp vendor/ffmpeg-bin/lib/libswresample-musikcube.so.4 ./bin/lib/
+    cp vendor/curl-bin/lib/libcurl.so.4 ./bin/lib/
+
+    cp /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libssl.so.1.1 ./bin/lib/
+    cp /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcrypto.so.1.1 ./bin/lib/
+    cp /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libz.so.1 ./bin/lib/
+    cp /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libmp3lame.so.0 ./bin/lib/
+    cp /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libopenmpt.so.0 ./bin/lib
+    cp /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libmpg123.so.0 ./bin/lib
+    cp /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libvorbis.so.0 ./bin/lib
+    cp /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libvorbisfile.so.3 ./bin/lib
+    cp /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libogg.so.0 ./bin/lib
 fi
-
-mkdir -p bin/lib/
-mkdir -p bin/plugins/
-
-cp vendor/boost-bin/lib/libboost_filesystem.so.1.78.0 ./bin/lib/
-cp vendor/boost-bin/lib/libboost_thread.so.1.78.0 ./bin/lib/
-cp vendor/ffmpeg-bin/lib/libavcodec-musikcube.so.59 ./bin/lib/
-cp vendor/ffmpeg-bin/lib/libavformat-musikcube.so.59 ./bin/lib/
-cp vendor/ffmpeg-bin/lib/libavutil-musikcube.so.57 ./bin/lib/
-cp vendor/ffmpeg-bin/lib/libswresample-musikcube.so.4 ./bin/lib/
-cp vendor/curl-bin/lib/libcurl.so.4 ./bin/lib/
-
-cp /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libssl.so.1.1 ./bin/lib/
-cp /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcrypto.so.1.1 ./bin/lib/
-cp /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libz.so.1 ./bin/lib/
-cp /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libmp3lame.so.0 ./bin/lib/
-cp /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libopenmpt.so.0 ./bin/lib
-cp /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libmpg123.so.0 ./bin/lib
-cp /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libvorbis.so.0 ./bin/lib
-cp /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libvorbisfile.so.3 ./bin/lib
-cp /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libogg.so.0 ./bin/lib