diff --git a/builder/Makefile.am b/builder/Makefile.am
index 0d5ce3b00..68b717653 100644
--- a/builder/Makefile.am
+++ b/builder/Makefile.am
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ repoconf_DATA = libguestfs.conf libguestfs.gpg \
 		opensuse.conf opensuse.gpg
 
 install-exec-hook:
-	$(LN_S) xdg/virt-builder $(DESTDIR)$(sysconfdir)/virt-builder
+	$(LN_S) -f xdg/virt-builder $(DESTDIR)$(sysconfdir)/virt-builder
 
 # Build a small C index validator program.
 bin_PROGRAMS += virt-index-validate