diff --git a/projects/hip/packaging/hip_base.postinst b/projects/hip/packaging/hip_base.postinst
index daf0591081..5348406489 100755
--- a/projects/hip/packaging/hip_base.postinst
+++ b/projects/hip/packaging/hip_base.postinst
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ for f in $HIPBINFILES
 do
     ln -s $f $(basename $f)
 done
-popd >/dev/null
+    ln -s $HIPDIR/bin/.hipVersion .hipVersion
+popd
 
 # Soft-link to headers
 HIPINCDIR=$HIPDIR/include/hip
diff --git a/projects/hip/packaging/hip_base.prerm b/projects/hip/packaging/hip_base.prerm
index 2953e16f2f..5985cc30ec 100755
--- a/projects/hip/packaging/hip_base.prerm
+++ b/projects/hip/packaging/hip_base.prerm
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ for f in $HIPBINFILES
 do
 rm $(basename $f)
 done
+rm .hipVersion
 popd
 rmdir --ignore-fail-on-non-empty $ROCMBINDIR
 
diff --git a/projects/hip/packaging/hip_hcc.postinst b/projects/hip/packaging/hip_hcc.postinst
index 0a3b31e0e0..14179db767 100755
--- a/projects/hip/packaging/hip_hcc.postinst
+++ b/projects/hip/packaging/hip_hcc.postinst
@@ -19,5 +19,6 @@ for f in $HIPLIBFILES
 do
     ln -s $f $(basename $f)
 done
+    ln -s $HIPDIR/lib/.hipInfo .hipInfo
 popd
 
diff --git a/projects/hip/packaging/hip_hcc.prerm b/projects/hip/packaging/hip_hcc.prerm
index 42f864f323..dda313a3a4 100755
--- a/projects/hip/packaging/hip_hcc.prerm
+++ b/projects/hip/packaging/hip_hcc.prerm
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ for f in $HIPLIBFILES
 do
 rm $(basename $f)
 done
+rm .hipInfo
 popd
 rmdir --ignore-fail-on-non-empty $ROCMLIBDIR