diff --git a/dev-R/RcppArmadillo/RcppArmadillo-0.10.2.2.0.ebuild b/dev-R/RcppArmadillo/RcppArmadillo-0.10.2.2.0.ebuild
index 2bd5ac4344..9c33fe3135 100644
--- a/dev-R/RcppArmadillo/RcppArmadillo-0.10.2.2.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-R/RcppArmadillo/RcppArmadillo-0.10.2.2.0.ebuild
@@ -3,10 +3,9 @@
 
 EAPI=7
 
-inherit R-packages
-
-MYPV="$(ver_cut 2-3 ${PV})"
+inherit R-packages eapi8-dosym
 
+MY_PV="$(ver_cut 2-3 ${PV})"
 DESCRIPTION='Rcpp Integration for the Armadillo templated linear algebra library'
 SRC_URI="mirror://cran/src/contrib/Archive/${PN}/${PN}_${PV}.tar.gz"
 KEYWORDS="~amd64"
@@ -15,7 +14,7 @@ LICENSE='GPL-2+'
 DEPEND="
 	>=dev-lang/R-3.3.0
 	>=dev-R/Rcpp-0.11.0
-	=sci-libs/armadillo-${MYPV}*:=[lapack]
+	=sci-libs/armadillo-${MY_PV}*:=[lapack]
 "
 RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
 
@@ -23,16 +22,19 @@ RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
 
 src_prepare() {
 	default
+
 	#remove bundled
 	rm -r inst/include/armadillo_bits || die
 	rm inst/include/armadillo || die
+
 	#link to sci-libs/armadillo
-	dosym /usr/include/armadillo_bits inst/include/armadillo_bits
-	dosym /usr/include/armadillo inst/include/armadillo
+	ln -s "${ESYSROOT}"/usr/include/armadillo_bits inst/include/armadillo_bits || die
+	ln -s "${ESYSROOT}"/usr/include/armadillo inst/include/armadillo || die
 }
 
 src_install() {
 	R-packages_src_install
-	dosym /usr/include/armadillo_bits "/usr/$(get_libdir)/R/site-library/${PN}/include/armadillo_bits"
-	dosym /usr/include/armadillo "/usr/$(get_libdir)/R/site-library/${PN}/include/armadillo"
+
+	dosym8 -r /usr/include/armadillo_bits "/usr/$(get_libdir)/R/site-library/${PN}/include/armadillo_bits"
+	dosym8 -r /usr/include/armadillo "/usr/$(get_libdir)/R/site-library/${PN}/include/armadillo"
 }