diff --git a/sysui/desktop/suse/makefile.mk b/sysui/desktop/suse/makefile.mk
index 2380f1a37916..aa3d17f2c60c 100644
--- a/sysui/desktop/suse/makefile.mk
+++ b/sysui/desktop/suse/makefile.mk
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ ALLTAR : $(RPMFILE)
 
 %.desktop :
     @$(MKDIRHIER) $(@:d)
-    @ln -s $(subst,$(UNIXFILENAME)-, /etc/$(UNIXFILENAME)/share/xdg/$(@:f)) $@
+    @ln -s -f $(subst,$(UNIXFILENAME)-, /etc/$(UNIXFILENAME)/share/xdg/$(@:f)) $@
 
 # --- icons --------------------------------------------------------