diff --git a/includes-ros2/yaml-cpp-vendor/yaml-cpp-vendor.inc b/includes-ros2/yaml-cpp-vendor/yaml-cpp-vendor.inc
index 9acfe44..e4e335d 100644
--- a/includes-ros2/yaml-cpp-vendor/yaml-cpp-vendor.inc
+++ b/includes-ros2/yaml-cpp-vendor/yaml-cpp-vendor.inc
@@ -20,3 +20,11 @@ FILES_${PN}-dev_prepend = " \
 "
 
 INSANE_SKIP_${PN} = "dev-so libdir"
+
+# HACK: Need to figure out how to have "opkg install" look in other directories for libraries to satisfy run-time dependencies.
+# The link is removed in ros2_image_rm_vendor_lib_symlinks(), which is appended to ROOTFS_POSTINSTALL_COMMAND in
+# ros2_image.bbclass .
+pkg_postinst_${PN}() {
+    mkdir -p $D${libdir}
+    ln -s ../opt/${ROS_BPN}/lib/libyaml-cpp.so.0.6.2 $D${libdir}/libyaml-cpp.so.0.6
+}