diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/cmd/test-bot.rb b/Library/Homebrew/cmd/test-bot.rb
index b0c40bbea7..79037f61e9 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/cmd/test-bot.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/cmd/test-bot.rb
@@ -591,6 +591,7 @@ module Homebrew
             bottle_merge_args << "--keep-old" if ARGV.include? "--keep-old"
             test "brew", "bottle", *bottle_merge_args
             test "brew", "uninstall", "--force", canonical_formula_name
+            FileUtils.ln bottle_filename, HOMEBREW_CACHE/bottle_filename, :force => true
             if unchanged_build_dependencies.any?
               test "brew", "uninstall", "--force", *unchanged_build_dependencies
               unchanged_dependencies -= unchanged_build_dependencies