diff --git a/yay-steam.sh b/yay-steam.sh
index b2e7a19fd22b..4f7ba041ec1d 100644
--- a/yay-steam.sh
+++ b/yay-steam.sh
@@ -6,3 +6,8 @@ sudo pacman --noconfirm -S git base-devel
 cd yay-bin
 git pull
 makepkg --noconfirm -si
+
+# https://github.com/Jguer/yay/issues/2508#issuecomment-3657461690
+linked_so='/lib/'`ldd "$(which yay)" | grep -o 'libalpm.\S* ' | head -1`
+existing_so='/lib/libalpm.so'
+[ ! -e "$linked_so" ] && [ -f "$existing_so" ] && sudo ln -s "$existing_so" "$linked_so"