diff --git a/recipes-bsp/hdf/external-hdf.bbappend b/recipes-bsp/hdf/external-hdf.bbappend
index 2512551aa6b3e246e2658f03dc342842a3f2ccb6..6c32f154887691d1992edf25fa6446c8b168f1ad 100644
--- a/recipes-bsp/hdf/external-hdf.bbappend
+++ b/recipes-bsp/hdf/external-hdf.bbappend
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ do_install_prepend() {
     # Link .xsa file to match Techlab install
     for VARIANT in ${PL_VARIANTS}; do
         mkdir -p ${WORKDIR}/${VARIANT}
-        ln -s ${S}/${VARIANT}_${HDF_PATH} ${VARIANT}/${HDF_PATH}
+        ln -sf ${S}/${VARIANT}_${HDF_PATH} ${VARIANT}/${HDF_PATH}
     done
 
 }