diff --git a/meta/classes/image_types.bbclass b/meta/classes/image_types.bbclass
index 5b48a09..adab573 100644
--- a/meta/classes/image_types.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/image_types.bbclass
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ runimagecmd () {
         # And create the symlinks
         if [ -n "${IMAGE_LINK_NAME}" ]; then
             for type in ${subimages}; do
-                ln -s ${IMAGE_NAME}.rootfs.$type ${DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE}/${IMAGE_LINK_NAME}.$type
+                ln -fs ${IMAGE_NAME}.rootfs.$type ${DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE}/${IMAGE_LINK_NAME}.$type
             done
         fi
 }