diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index d5de2271..376273cc 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ byobu (4.27) unreleased; urgency=low
   * usr/share/byobu/profiles/tmux:
     - get motion between panes working, kill all, and profile reload
       (profile reload needs some work)
+  * debian/rules, usr/bin/byobu:
+    - add byobu-tmux and byobu-screen symlinks
 
  -- Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@ubuntu.com>  Wed, 10 Aug 2011 16:52:37 -0500
 
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index aa21514d..174fe8eb 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ install: build install-po
 	$(MAKE) DESTDIR=$(CURDIR)/debian/tmp install
 	dh_link usr/share/byobu/keybindings/f-keys usr/share/byobu/keybindings/common
 	dh_link usr/share/byobu/pixmaps/byobu.svg usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/byobu.svg
+	dh_link usr/bin/byobu usr/bin/byobu-screen
+	dh_link usr/bin/byobu usr/bin/byobu-tmux
 
 # Build architecture-independent files here.
 binary-indep: build install
diff --git a/usr/bin/byobu b/usr/bin/byobu
index ea87f6ed..23523925 100755
--- a/usr/bin/byobu
+++ b/usr/bin/byobu
@@ -34,6 +34,17 @@ if [ "$#" = "1" ]; then
 	esac
 fi
 
+case "$0" in
+	*byobu-screen)
+		export BYOBU_BACKEND="screen"
+		exec $PKG "$@"
+	;;
+	*byobu-tmux)
+		export BYOBU_BACKEND="tmux"
+		exec $PKG "$@"
+	;;
+esac
+
 # Check if we're being autolaunched, and this user explicitly does not want it.
 if [ "$0" = "/etc/profile.d/Z98-$PKG.sh" ] && [ -r "$BYOBU_CONFIG_DIR/disable-autolaunch" ]; then
 	exit 0