diff --git a/tools/legacy/build_plugin_2600_vs2026.py b/tools/legacy/build_plugin_2600_vs2026.py
index 4c5128a..1e5c639 100644
--- a/tools/legacy/build_plugin_2600_vs2026.py
+++ b/tools/legacy/build_plugin_2600_vs2026.py
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ def find_msbuild(vs_version: str = 'auto') -> 'Optional[Tuple[Path, str, str]]':
 def get_project_paths(toolset: str = 'v145') -> Tuple[Path, Path, Path]:
     """Get project directory, project file, and plugins directory"""
     script_dir = Path(__file__).parent.absolute()
-    project_dir = script_dir.parent.parent / 'versions' / '26.00'
+    project_dir = script_dir.parent.parent / 'versions' / '26.00-bundle'
     vcxproj = 'Nsis7z_vs2026.vcxproj' if toolset == 'v145' else 'Nsis7z.vcxproj'
     project_file = project_dir / 'CPP' / '7zip' / 'Bundles' / 'Nsis7z' / vcxproj
     plugins_dir = script_dir.parent.parent / 'plugins'
diff --git a/tools/linux/build_plugin_linux.py b/tools/linux/build_plugin_linux.py
index 034f269..73b1f90 100644
--- a/tools/linux/build_plugin_linux.py
+++ b/tools/linux/build_plugin_linux.py
@@ -24,10 +24,14 @@ BUILD_DIR = ROOT / "_linux_build"
 
 SUPPORTED = {"25.01", "26.00", "26.01", "zstd"}
 
-# For 25.01/26.00 the vendor bundle dir already contains our wrapper .cpp
-# files alongside the upstream 7-zip sources.  make is run with -C pointing
-# there so relative paths (../../UI/…) resolve correctly, but the makefile
-# itself comes from OVERLAY and the output objects go to BUILD_DIR.
+# For 25.01 the vendor bundle dir already contains our wrapper .cpp files
+# alongside the upstream 7-zip sources.  make is run with -C pointing there so
+# relative paths (../../UI/…) resolve correctly, but the makefile itself comes
+# from OVERLAY and the output objects go to BUILD_DIR.
+#
+# For 26.00, 26.01: the upstream vendor does NOT ship a Nsis7z bundle, so a
+# *-bundle wrapper directory mirrors the vendor tree via symlinks and provides
+# project-owned sources (NSIS UI, wrapper cpp files, vcxproj).
 #
 # For zstd the 7-zip C++ sources live in the 7-zip-zstd submodule while our
 # NSIS wrapper sits in versions/zstd/.  make is run with -C pointing to the
@@ -40,7 +44,7 @@ VERSION_LAYOUT = {
     },
     "26.00": {
         "vendor_7zip": ROOT / "versions" / "26.00" / "CPP" / "7zip",
-        "bundle_dir":  ROOT / "versions" / "26.00" / "CPP" / "7zip" / "Bundles" / "Nsis7z",
+        "bundle_dir":  ROOT / "versions" / "26.00-bundle" / "CPP" / "7zip" / "Bundles" / "Nsis7z",
     },
     "26.01": {
         "vendor_7zip": ROOT / "versions" / "26.01" / "CPP" / "7zip",
diff --git a/tools/linux/setup_26_01_bundle_symlinks.py b/tools/linux/setup_26_01_bundle_symlinks.py
index f64be24..20e5a1f 100644
--- a/tools/linux/setup_26_01_bundle_symlinks.py
+++ b/tools/linux/setup_26_01_bundle_symlinks.py
@@ -4,10 +4,20 @@ import os
 from pathlib import Path
 
 ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[2]
-bundle_7zip = ROOT / "versions/26.01-bundle/CPP/7zip"
-vendor_7zip = ROOT / "versions/26.01/CPP/7zip"
-bundle_cpp  = ROOT / "versions/26.01-bundle/CPP"
-vendor_cpp  = ROOT / "versions/26.01/CPP"
+bundle_root = ROOT / "versions/26.01-bundle"
+vendor_root = ROOT / "versions/26.01"
+bundle_7zip = bundle_root / "CPP/7zip"
+vendor_7zip = vendor_root / "CPP/7zip"
+bundle_cpp  = bundle_root / "CPP"
+vendor_cpp  = vendor_root / "CPP"
+
+# Root-level symlinks: C and Asm
+for name in ("C", "Asm"):
+    target = bundle_root / name
+    if not target.exists() and not target.is_symlink():
+        rel = os.path.relpath(vendor_root / name, bundle_root)
+        os.symlink(rel, target)
+        print(f"  symlink: {target.relative_to(ROOT)} -> {rel}")
 
 for item in vendor_7zip.iterdir():
     target = bundle_7zip / item.name