diff --git a/xen.spec b/xen.spec
index af9bdab..eb7d095 100644
--- a/xen.spec
+++ b/xen.spec
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
 Summary: Xen is a virtual machine monitor
 Name:    xen
 Version: 4.6.1
-Release: 7%{?dist}
+Release: 8%{?dist}
 Group:   Development/Libraries
 License: GPLv2+ and LGPLv2+ and BSD
 URL:     http://xen.org/
@@ -548,6 +548,9 @@ mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_localstatedir}/log/xen/console
 ln -s /usr/lib/%{name} %{buildroot}/%{_libdir}/%{name}
 %endif
 
+############ create symlink to qemu-system-i386 in /usr/bin ############
+ln -s /usr/bin/qemu-system-i386 %{buildroot}/usr/lib/%{name}/bin/qemu-system-i386
+
 ############ debug packaging: list files ############
 
 find %{buildroot} -print | xargs ls -ld | sed -e 's|.*%{buildroot}||' > f2.list
@@ -927,6 +930,10 @@ rm -rf %{buildroot}
 %endif
 
 %changelog
+* Tue May 10 2016 Michael Young <m.a.young@durham.ac.uk> - 4.6.1-8
+- create link to /usr/bin/qemu-system-i386 from /usr/lib/xen/bin
+	for back compatibility and for virt-manager (#1334554) (#1299745)
+
 * Mon May 09 2016 Michael Young <m.a.young@durham.ac.uk> - 4.6.1-7
 - qemu-kvm: Integer overflow in SDL when creating too wide screen (#1330513)
 - QEMU: Banked access to VGA memory (VBE) uses inconsistent bounds checks