diff --git a/scripts/jenkins.cfg b/scripts/jenkins.cfg
index d90bcf93d..07623c2d9 100644
--- a/scripts/jenkins.cfg
+++ b/scripts/jenkins.cfg
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ mingw_path: C:/Qt/Tools/mingw530_32/bin
 
 [Linux]
 qt_path: /opt/Qt
-dump_syms:
+dump_syms: /usr/local/bin/dump_syms
 
 [Darwin]
 qt_path: /Applications/Qt
diff --git a/scripts/jenkins.py b/scripts/jenkins.py
index a52da53bf..7b0e625a0 100644
--- a/scripts/jenkins.py
+++ b/scripts/jenkins.py
@@ -349,9 +349,6 @@ class LinuxBuilder(Builder):
     def _get_qt_component(self):
         return 'gcc'
 
-    def _should_create_symbols(self):
-        return False
-
     def __init__(self, config_file, word_size):
         Builder.__init__(self, config_file, word_size)
 
diff --git a/scripts/symbolstore.py b/scripts/symbolstore.py
index 592f47419..054b46a61 100644
--- a/scripts/symbolstore.py
+++ b/scripts/symbolstore.py
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ class Dumper:
                 self.output_pid(sys.stderr, ' '.join(cmd))
                 proc = subprocess.Popen(cmd, stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
                                         stderr=open(os.devnull, 'wb'))
-                module_line = proc.stdout.next()
+                module_line = proc.stdout.readline().decode("utf-8")
                 if module_line.startswith("MODULE"):
                     # MODULE os cpu guid debug_file
                     (guid, debug_file) = (module_line.split())[3:5]
@@ -307,7 +307,8 @@ class Dumper:
                     f = open(full_path, "w")
                     f.write(module_line)
                     # now process the rest of the output
-                    for line in proc.stdout:
+                    for line_as_bytes in proc.stdout:
+                        line = line_as_bytes.decode("utf-8")
                         if line.startswith("FILE"):
                             # FILE index filename
                             (x, index, filename) = line.rstrip().split(None, 2)
@@ -422,7 +423,8 @@ class DumperLinux(Dumper):
         if not Dumper.should_process(self, file_name):
             return False
         if file_name.endswith(".so") or os.access(file_name, os.X_OK):
-            return self.run_file_command(file_name).startswith("ELF")
+            if not os.path.islink(file_name) and self.run_file_command(file_name).startswith("ELF"):
+                return True
         return False