diff --git a/packages/lang/Python/build b/packages/lang/Python/build
index 44999b1ea8..90f0ce60cd 100755
--- a/packages/lang/Python/build
+++ b/packages/lang/Python/build
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ make
 make install
 
 # symlink python binary to python2 (needed for Mesa)
-  ln -s python $ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/bin/python2
+  ln -sf python $ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/bin/python2
 
 cp Parser/pgen ./hostpgen
 cp python ./hostpython