diff --git a/dist/setup/index.js b/dist/setup/index.js
index 38e8e611e..383d6655f 100644
--- a/dist/setup/index.js
+++ b/dist/setup/index.js
@@ -67369,6 +67369,7 @@ function installGraalPy(graalpyVersion, architecture, allowPreReleases, releases
                 installDir = yield tc.cacheDir(toolDir, 'GraalPy', resolvedGraalPyVersion, architecture);
             }
             const binaryPath = getGraalPyBinaryPath(installDir);
+            yield createGraalPySymlink(binaryPath, resolvedGraalPyVersion);
             yield installPip(binaryPath);
             return { installDir, resolvedGraalPyVersion };
         }
@@ -67403,6 +67404,19 @@ function getAvailableGraalPyVersions() {
     });
 }
 exports.getAvailableGraalPyVersions = getAvailableGraalPyVersions;
+function createGraalPySymlink(graalpyBinaryPath, graalpyVersion) {
+    return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
+        const version = semver.coerce(graalpyVersion);
+        const pythonBinaryPostfix = semver.major(version);
+        const pythonMinor = semver.minor(version);
+        const graalpyMajorMinorBinaryPostfix = `${pythonBinaryPostfix}.${pythonMinor}`;
+        const binaryExtension = utils_1.IS_WINDOWS ? '.exe' : '';
+        core.info('Creating symlinks...');
+        utils_1.createSymlinkInFolder(graalpyBinaryPath, `graalpy${binaryExtension}`, `python${pythonBinaryPostfix}${binaryExtension}`, true);
+        utils_1.createSymlinkInFolder(graalpyBinaryPath, `graalpy${binaryExtension}`, `python${binaryExtension}`, true);
+        utils_1.createSymlinkInFolder(graalpyBinaryPath, `graalpy${binaryExtension}`, `graalpy${graalpyMajorMinorBinaryPostfix}${binaryExtension}`, true);
+    });
+}
 function installPip(pythonLocation) {
     return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
         core.info('Installing and updating pip');
diff --git a/src/install-graalpy.ts b/src/install-graalpy.ts
index e155db160..608bcf0a3 100644
--- a/src/install-graalpy.ts
+++ b/src/install-graalpy.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import {
   IS_WINDOWS,
   IGraalPyManifestAsset,
   IGraalPyManifestRelease,
+  createSymlinkInFolder,
   isNightlyKeyword
 } from './utils';
 
@@ -74,6 +75,7 @@ export async function installGraalPy(
     }
 
     const binaryPath = getGraalPyBinaryPath(installDir);
+    await createGraalPySymlink(binaryPath, resolvedGraalPyVersion);
     await installPip(binaryPath);
 
     return {installDir, resolvedGraalPyVersion};
@@ -112,6 +114,39 @@ export async function getAvailableGraalPyVersions() {
   return response.result;
 }
 
+async function createGraalPySymlink(
+  graalpyBinaryPath: string,
+  graalpyVersion: string
+) {
+  const version = semver.coerce(graalpyVersion)!;
+  const pythonBinaryPostfix = semver.major(version);
+  const pythonMinor = semver.minor(version);
+  const graalpyMajorMinorBinaryPostfix = `${pythonBinaryPostfix}.${pythonMinor}`;
+  const binaryExtension = IS_WINDOWS ? '.exe' : '';
+
+  core.info('Creating symlinks...');
+  createSymlinkInFolder(
+    graalpyBinaryPath,
+    `graalpy${binaryExtension}`,
+    `python${pythonBinaryPostfix}${binaryExtension}`,
+    true
+  );
+
+  createSymlinkInFolder(
+    graalpyBinaryPath,
+    `graalpy${binaryExtension}`,
+    `python${binaryExtension}`,
+    true
+  );
+
+  createSymlinkInFolder(
+    graalpyBinaryPath,
+    `graalpy${binaryExtension}`,
+    `graalpy${graalpyMajorMinorBinaryPostfix}${binaryExtension}`,
+    true
+  );
+}
+
 async function installPip(pythonLocation: string) {
   core.info('Installing and updating pip');
   const pythonBinary = path.join(pythonLocation, 'python');