diff --git a/pkgs/tools/graphics/neural-style/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/graphics/neural-style/default.nix
index 4efa6aa2976..3eb9a16880a 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/graphics/neural-style/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/graphics/neural-style/default.nix
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   installPhase = ''
     mkdir -p "$out"/{bin,lib/lua/neural-style/models,share/doc/neural-style,share/neural-style}
     for file in $models; do
-      cp "$file" "$out/lib/lua/neural-style/models/$(basename "$file" | sed -e 's/[^-]*-//')"
+      ln -s "$file" "$out/lib/lua/neural-style/models/$(basename "$file" | sed -e 's/[^-]*-//')"
     done;
     cp README* INSTALL* LICEN?E* "$out"/share/doc/neural-style/
     cp neural_style.lua "$out"/lib/lua/neural-style