diff --git a/package/tcl/tcl.mk b/package/tcl/tcl.mk
index 3291c1b28d..58f085a207 100644
--- a/package/tcl/tcl.mk
+++ b/package/tcl/tcl.mk
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ endef
 TCL_POST_INSTALL_TARGET_HOOKS += TCL_REMOVE_TCLSH
 else
 define TCL_SYMLINK_TCLSH
-	ln -s tclsh$(TCL_VERSION_MAJOR) $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/bin/tclsh
+	ln -sf tclsh$(TCL_VERSION_MAJOR) $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/bin/tclsh
 endef
 TCL_POST_INSTALL_TARGET_HOOKS += TCL_SYMLINK_TCLSH
 endif