diff --git a/srcpkgs/libgsm/template b/srcpkgs/libgsm/template
index 582e77023a2..d88aeeb4e4e 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libgsm/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libgsm/template
@@ -31,8 +31,7 @@ do_install() {
 	install -m644 inc/* ${DESTDIR}/usr/include/gsm
 
 	rm -f ${DESTDIR}/usr/include/gsm/*.orig
-	cd ${DESTDIR}/usr/include/gsm
-	ln -s gsm/gsm.h
+	ln -sfr ${DESTDIR}/usr/include/gsm/gsm.h ${DESTDIR}/usr/include/gsm.h
 }
 
 libgsm-devel_package() {