diff --git a/abuild b/abuild
index efc474ced4724dc435d86d74a1d914ca2b1e6b33..214dad2f583d6c5b6689d4c498eb6d46e9c88acd 100755
--- a/abuild
+++ b/abuild
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ fetch() {
 				ln -sf "$SRCDEST/${s##*/}" "$srcdir"/
 				;;
 			*)
-				ln -s "$startdir/$s" "$srcdir/"
+				ln -sf "$startdir/$s" "$srcdir/"
 				;;
 		esac
 	done