diff --git a/packages/lang/Python/install b/packages/lang/Python/install
index 8a111a4d74..37a8698280 100755
--- a/packages/lang/Python/install
+++ b/packages/lang/Python/install
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ mkdir -p $INSTALL/usr/bin
 
 mkdir -p $INSTALL/usr/lib
   cp -PR $PKG_BUILD/libpython2.6.so.1.0 $INSTALL/usr/lib/
-  ln -s libpython2.6.so.1.0 $INSTALL/usr/lib/libpython2.6.so
+  ln -sf libpython2.6.so.1.0 $INSTALL/usr/lib/libpython2.6.so
 
 mkdir -p $PYTHON_LIB_DIR/lib-dynload
   cp $PKG_BUILD/build/lib*/*.so $PYTHON_LIB_DIR/lib-dynload