diff --git a/ANNOUNCE b/ANNOUNCE
index 69f2c6ce5..24513cff7 100644
--- a/ANNOUNCE
+++ b/ANNOUNCE
@@ -61,9 +61,10 @@ version 1.4.4beta06 [August 11, 2010]
 version 1.4.4beta07 [August 21, 2010]
   Updated prebuilt aclocal.m4 and ltmain.sh
   Add .dll.a to the list of extensions to be symlinked by Makefile.am (Yaakov)
-  Update CMakelists.txt to use CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR variable; useful for
+  Updated CMakelists.txt to use CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR variable; useful for
     installing libpng in /usr/lib64 (Funda Wang).
-  Revise CMakeLists.txt to put the man pages in share/man/man* not man/man*
+  Revised CMakeLists.txt to put the man pages in share/man/man* not man/man*
+  Revised CMakeLists.txt to make symlinks instead of copies when installing.
 
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diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 5a5b9bfca..fbfeea31f 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -2645,9 +2645,10 @@ version 1.4.4beta06 [August 11, 2010]
 version 1.4.4beta07 [August 21, 2010]
   Updated prebuilt aclocal.m4 and ltmain.sh
   Add .dll.a to the list of extensions to be symlinked by Makefile.am (Yaakov)
-  Update CMakeLists.txt to use CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR variable; useful for
+  Updated CMakeLists.txt to use CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR variable; useful for
     installing libpng in /usr/lib64 (Funda Wang).
-  Revise CMakeLists.txt to put the man pages in share/man/man* not man/man*
+  Revised CMakeLists.txt to put the man pages in share/man/man* not man/man*
+  Revised CMakeLists.txt to make symlinks instead of copies when installing.
 
 Send comments/corrections/commendations to glennrp at users.sourceforge.net
 or to png-mng-implement at lists.sf.net (subscription required; visit
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 0a6c84434..5b1f9160a 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -203,15 +203,24 @@ set(prefix      ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX})
 set(exec_prefix ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX})
 set(libdir      ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR})
 set(includedir  ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/include)
+set(LIBS	"-lz -lm")
 
-configure_file(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/libpng.pc.in
-  ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/libpng.pc)
-configure_file(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/libpng-config.in
-  ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/libpng-config)
-configure_file(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/libpng.pc.in
-  ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${PNGLIB_NAME}.pc)
-configure_file(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/libpng-config.in
-  ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${PNGLIB_NAME}-config)
+  configure_file(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/libpng.pc.in
+  ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${PNGLIB_NAME}.pc @ONLY)
+install(CODE "
+  MESSAGE(STATUS \"Symlinking ${PNGLIB_NAME}.pc to libpng.pc\")
+  execute_process(COMMAND \${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E create_symlink
+    \"${PNGLIB_NAME}.pc\"
+    \"libpng.pc\")
+")
+  configure_file(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/libpng-config.in
+  ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${PNGLIB_NAME}-config @ONLY)
+install(CODE "
+  MESSAGE(STATUS \"Symlinking ${PNGLIB_NAME}-config to libpng-config\")
+  execute_process(COMMAND \${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E create_symlink
+    \"${PNGLIB_NAME}-config\"
+    \"libpng-config\")
+")
 
 # SET UP LINKS
 if(PNG_SHARED)
@@ -237,11 +246,25 @@ if(NOT SKIP_INSTALL_LIBRARIES AND NOT SKIP_INSTALL_ALL )
             RUNTIME DESTINATION bin
 	    LIBRARY DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}
 	    ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR})
+    install(CODE "
+      MESSAGE(STATUS \"Symlinking ${PNGLIB_NAME}${CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_SUFFIX} to libpng${CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_SUFFIX}\")
+      execute_process(COMMAND \${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E create_symlink
+	      \"${PNGLIB_NAME}${CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_SUFFIX}\"
+	      \"libpng${CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_SUFFIX}\")
+    ")
+    install(FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/libpng${CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_SUFFIX} DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR})
   endif()
   if(PNG_STATIC)
     install(TARGETS ${PNG_LIB_NAME_STATIC}
 	    LIBRARY DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}
 	    ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR})
+    install(CODE "
+      MESSAGE(STATUS \"Symlinking ${PNGLIB_NAME}${CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY_SUFFIX} to libpng${CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY_SUFFIX}\")
+      execute_process(COMMAND \${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E create_symlink
+	      \"${PNGLIB_NAME}${CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY_SUFFIX}\"
+	      \"libpng${CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY_SUFFIX}\")
+    ")
+    install(FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/libpng${CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY_SUFFIX} DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR})
   endif()
 endif()
 
@@ -261,11 +284,11 @@ if(NOT SKIP_INSTALL_FILES AND NOT SKIP_INSTALL_ALL )
   # Install pkg-config files
   install(FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/libpng.pc
 	  DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/pkgconfig)
-  install(FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/libpng-config
+  install(PROGRAMS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/libpng-config
           DESTINATION bin)
   install(FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${PNGLIB_NAME}.pc
 	  DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/pkgconfig)
-  install(FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${PNGLIB_NAME}-config
+  install(PROGRAMS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${PNGLIB_NAME}-config
           DESTINATION bin)
 endif()