diff --git a/tools/interactive/interactivetool_rstudio_bioc_3.20.xml b/tools/interactive/interactivetool_rstudio_bioc_3.20.xml
index 6ddea5d2551..64b387efbe1 100644
--- a/tools/interactive/interactivetool_rstudio_bioc_3.20.xml
+++ b/tools/interactive/interactivetool_rstudio_bioc_3.20.xml
@@ -55,6 +55,9 @@
                 #set $cleaned_name = str($count + 1) + '_' + re.sub('[^\w\-\.\s]', '_', str($file.element_identifier))
                 echo "[`date`] - Linking '$file' to '/home/rstudio/galaxy_inputs/${cleaned_name}.${file.ext}'" &&
                 ln -sf '$file' '/home/rstudio/galaxy_inputs/${cleaned_name}.${file.ext}' &&
+                #if $file.ext == 'bam':
+                    ln -s '$file.metadata.bam_index' '/home/rstudio/galaxy_inputs/${cleaned_name}.bam.bai' &&
+                #end if
             #end for
         #else
             echo "[`date`] - No input files provided, skipping file linking step." &&