diff --git a/ci/publish-tarball.sh b/ci/publish-tarball.sh
index 2548bd7e4..9abbde57c 100755
--- a/ci/publish-tarball.sh
+++ b/ci/publish-tarball.sh
@@ -83,7 +83,8 @@ echo --- Creating tarball
     # automatically if possible
     mkdir -p solana-release/target
     cp -a target/perf-libs solana-release/target/perf-libs
-    mkdir solana-release/bin/_
+    mkdir -p solana-release/bin/_
+    ln -s -T ../deps solana-release/bin/_/deps
     cp solana-release/bin/solana-validator-cuda solana-release/bin/_/solana-validator-cuda
     cat > solana-release/bin/solana-validator-cuda <<'EOF'
 #!/usr/bin/env bash