diff --git a/build/linux/dist/install.sh b/build/linux/dist/install.sh
index e4bd8b6338e..78cf8772d10 100755
--- a/build/linux/dist/install.sh
+++ b/build/linux/dist/install.sh
@@ -66,6 +66,12 @@ xdg_install_f() {
   # Make Arduino IDE the default application for *.ino
   xdg-mime default ${RESOURCE_NAME}.desktop text/x-arduino
 
+  # Add symlink for arduino so it's in users path
+  echo "" # Ensure password request message is on new line
+  if ! ln -s ${SCRIPT_PATH}/arduino /usr/local/bin/arduino; then
+      echo "Adding symlink failed. Hope that's OK. If not then rerun as root with sudo."
+  fi
+
   # Clean up
   rm "${TMP_DIR}/${RESOURCE_NAME}.desktop"
   rmdir "$TMP_DIR"
@@ -98,6 +104,12 @@ simple_install_f() {
    chmod u+x "${XDG_DESKTOP_DIR}/${RESOURCE_NAME}.desktop"
   fi
 
+  # Add symlink for arduino so it's in users path
+  echo "" # Ensure password request message is on new line
+  if ! ln -s ${SCRIPT_PATH}/arduino /usr/local/bin/arduino; then
+      echo "Adding symlink failed. Hope that's OK. If not then rerun as root with sudo."
+  fi
+
   # Clean up temp dir
   rm "${TMP_DIR}/${RESOURCE_NAME}.desktop"
   rmdir "${TMP_DIR}"
@@ -138,6 +150,12 @@ xdg_uninstall_f() {
   # Remove Arduino MIME type
   xdg-mime uninstall "${SCRIPT_PATH}/lib/${RESOURCE_NAME}.xml"
 
+  # Remove symlink for arduino
+  echo "" # Ensure password request message is on new line
+  if ! rm /usr/local/bin/arduino; then
+      echo "Removing symlink failed. Hope that's OK. If not then rerun as root with sudo."
+  fi
+
 }
 
 # Uninstall by simply removing desktop files (fallback), incl. old one
@@ -169,6 +187,12 @@ simple_uninstall_f() {
     rm "${XDG_DESKTOP_DIR}/${RESOURCE_NAME}.desktop"
   fi
 
+  # Remove symlink for arduino
+  echo "" # Ensure password request message is on new line
+  if ! rm /usr/local/bin/arduino; then
+      echo "Removing symlink failed. Hope that's OK. If not then rerun as root with sudo."
+  fi
+
 }
 
 # Update desktop file and mime databases (if possible)