diff --git a/src/py/libcamera/meson.build b/src/py/libcamera/meson.build
index afa7efed..eb884538 100644
--- a/src/py/libcamera/meson.build
+++ b/src/py/libcamera/meson.build
@@ -84,11 +84,11 @@ pycamera = shared_module('_libcamera',
 # Create symlinks from the build dir to the source dir so that we can use the
 # Python module directly from the build dir.
 
-run_command('ln', '-fsT', files('__init__.py'),
+run_command('ln', '-fsrT', files('__init__.py'),
             meson.current_build_dir() / '__init__.py',
             check: true)
 
-run_command('ln', '-fsT', meson.current_source_dir() / 'utils',
+run_command('ln', '-fsrT', meson.current_source_dir() / 'utils',
             meson.current_build_dir() / 'utils',
             check: true)