diff --git a/build.psm1 b/build.psm1
index 6fdfd550ad..a6cd889533 100644
--- a/build.psm1
+++ b/build.psm1
@@ -597,16 +597,27 @@ Fix steps:
         Pop-Location
     }
 
-    if ($Environment.IsRedHatFamily) {
+    if ($Environment.IsRedHatFamily -or $Environment.IsDebian9) {
         # add two symbolic links to system shared libraries that libmi.so is dependent on to handle
         # platform specific changes. This is the only set of platforms needed for this currently
         # as Ubuntu has these specific library files in the platform and macOS builds for itself
         # against the correct versions.
+
+        if ($Environment.IsDebian9){
+            # NOTE: Debian 8 doesn't need these symlinks
+            $sslTarget = "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libssl.so.1.0.2"
+            $cryptoTarget = "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcrypto.so.1.0.2"
+        }
+        else { #IsRedHatFamily
+            $sslTarget = "/lib64/libssl.so.10"
+            $cryptoTarget = "/lib64/libcrypto.so.10"
+        }
+
         if ( ! (test-path "$publishPath/libssl.so.1.0.0")) {
-            $null = New-Item -Force -ItemType SymbolicLink -Target "/lib64/libssl.so.10" -Path "$publishPath/libssl.so.1.0.0" -ErrorAction Stop
+            $null = New-Item -Force -ItemType SymbolicLink -Target $sslTarget -Path "$publishPath/libssl.so.1.0.0" -ErrorAction Stop
         }
         if ( ! (test-path "$publishPath/libcrypto.so.1.0.0")) {
-            $null = New-Item -Force -ItemType SymbolicLink -Target "/lib64/libcrypto.so.10" -Path "$publishPath/libcrypto.so.1.0.0" -ErrorAction Stop
+            $null = New-Item -Force -ItemType SymbolicLink -Target $cryptoTarget -Path "$publishPath/libcrypto.so.1.0.0" -ErrorAction Stop
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/tools/packaging/packaging.psm1 b/tools/packaging/packaging.psm1
index fca58bf242..0f1adc723a 100644
--- a/tools/packaging/packaging.psm1
+++ b/tools/packaging/packaging.psm1
@@ -1102,6 +1102,14 @@ function New-AfterScripts
         $AfterRemoveScript = [io.path]::GetTempFileName()
         $packagingStrings.UbuntuAfterInstallScript -f "$Link" | Out-File -FilePath $AfterInstallScript -Encoding ascii
         $packagingStrings.UbuntuAfterRemoveScript -f "$Link" | Out-File -FilePath $AfterRemoveScript -Encoding ascii
+
+        if ($Environment.IsDebian9) {
+            # add two symbolic links to system shared libraries that libmi.so is dependent on to handle
+            # platform specific changes. This appears to be a change in Debian 9; Debian 8 did not need these
+            # symlinks.
+            New-Item -Force -ItemType SymbolicLink -Target "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libssl.so.1.0.2" -Path "$Staging/libssl.so.1.0.0" >$null
+            New-Item -Force -ItemType SymbolicLink -Target "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcrypto.so.1.0.2" -Path "$Staging/libcrypto.so.1.0.0" >$null
+        }
     }
 
     return [PSCustomObject] @{