diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index d27bbb989c..ba9f497156 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,4 +1,11 @@
 
+3.3.0-dev.249 | 2020-09-04 18:30:19 -0700
+
+  * Exclude installing "zeek -> ." include dir symlink (Jon Siwek, Corelight)
+
+    The symlink only exists for use within the source-tree and isn't needed
+    for the install-tree.
+
 3.3.0-dev.247 | 2020-09-04 17:24:28 -0700
 
   * GH-165: Fix global initializations that indirectly use builtin types (Jon Siwek, Corelight)
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 8250d69f2b..a29dda7b9c 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-3.3.0-dev.247
+3.3.0-dev.249
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index eb08f69b21..eb94d4a728 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -467,6 +467,8 @@ install(DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/
         PATTERN "*.h"
         PATTERN "*.pac"
         PATTERN "3rdparty/*" EXCLUDE
+        # The "zeek -> ." symlink isn't needed in the install-tree
+        REGEX "^${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/zeek$" EXCLUDE
 )
 
 install(DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/