diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 44f94d493..1943fabe8 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -73,8 +73,8 @@ install: default
 	install -m 755 generate $(DESTDIR)/$(ROOTLIBEXECDIR)/netplan/
 	find netplan/ -name '*.py' -exec install -Dm 644 "{}" "$(DESTDIR)/$(DATADIR)/netplan/{}" \;
 	install -m 755 src/netplan.script $(DESTDIR)/$(DATADIR)/netplan/
-	ln -sr $(DESTDIR)/$(DATADIR)/netplan/netplan.script $(DESTDIR)/$(SBINDIR)/netplan
-	ln -sr $(DESTDIR)/$(ROOTLIBEXECDIR)/netplan/generate $(DESTDIR)/$(SYSTEMD_GENERATOR_DIR)/netplan
+	ln -srf $(DESTDIR)/$(DATADIR)/netplan/netplan.script $(DESTDIR)/$(SBINDIR)/netplan
+	ln -srf $(DESTDIR)/$(ROOTLIBEXECDIR)/netplan/generate $(DESTDIR)/$(SYSTEMD_GENERATOR_DIR)/netplan
 	install -m 644 doc/*.html $(DESTDIR)/$(DOCDIR)/netplan/
 	install -m 644 examples/*.yaml $(DESTDIR)/$(DOCDIR)/netplan/examples/
 	install -m 644 doc/*.5 $(DESTDIR)/$(MANDIR)/man5/