diff --git a/install_meson.py b/install_meson.py
index a4535ea41..1b691d58a 100755
--- a/install_meson.py
+++ b/install_meson.py
@@ -50,13 +50,15 @@ else:
 script_dir = os.path.join(install_root, 'share/meson-' + version)
 bin_dir = os.path.join(install_root, 'bin')
 bin_script = os.path.join(script_dir, 'meson.py')
+gui_script = os.path.join(script_dir, 'mesongui.py')
 bin_name = os.path.join(bin_dir, 'meson')
+gui_name = os.path.join(bin_dir, 'mesongui')
 man_dir = os.path.join(install_root, 'share/man/man1')
 in_manfile = 'man/meson.1'
 out_manfile = os.path.join(man_dir, 'meson.1.gz')
 
 symlink_value = os.path.relpath(bin_script, os.path.dirname(bin_name))
-
+guisymlink_value = os.path.relpath(gui_script, os.path.dirname(gui_name))
 files = glob.glob('*.py')
 files += glob.glob('*.ui')
 
@@ -77,7 +79,8 @@ try:
     os.remove(bin_name)
 except OSError:
     pass
-print('Creating symlink %s.' % bin_name)
+print('Creating symlinks %s and %s.' % (bin_name, gui_name))
 os.symlink(symlink_value, bin_name)
+os.symlink(guisymlink_value, gui_name)
 print('Installing manfile to %s.' % man_dir)
 open(out_manfile, 'wb').write(gzip.compress(open(in_manfile, 'rb').read()))
diff --git a/mesongui.py b/mesongui.py
index 92580e0fd..f49a8a580 100755
--- a/mesongui.py
+++ b/mesongui.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ from PyQt5.QtCore import QAbstractItemModel, QModelIndex, QVariant, QTimer
 import PyQt5.QtCore
 import PyQt5.QtWidgets
 
-priv_dir = os.path.split(os.path.abspath(__file__))[0]
+priv_dir = os.path.split(os.path.abspath(os.path.realpath(__file__)))[0]
 
 class PathModel(QAbstractItemModel):
     def __init__(self, coredata):
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ class MesonGui():
         self.coredata_file = os.path.join(build_dir, 'meson-private/coredata.dat')
         self.build_file = os.path.join(build_dir, 'meson-private/build.dat')
         if not os.path.exists(self.coredata_file):
-            printf("Argument is not build directory.")
+            print("Argument is not build directory.")
             sys.exit(1)
         self.coredata = pickle.load(open(self.coredata_file, 'rb'))
         self.build = pickle.load(open(self.build_file, 'rb'))