1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/meta/classes/update-alternatives.bbclass b/meta/classes/update-alternatives.bbclass
index fce1e848f5..9f2e59f584 100644
--- a/meta/classes/update-alternatives.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/update-alternatives.bbclass
@@ -247,7 +247,11 @@ python perform_packagecopy_append () {
                 for alt_target in link_rename:
                         src = '%s/%s' % (pkgdest, alt_target)
                         dest = '%s/%s' % (pkgdest, link_rename[alt_target])
-                        link_target = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(src), os.readlink(src))
+                        link = os.readlink(src)
+                        if os.path.isabs(link):
+                                link_target = pkgdest + os.readlink(src)
+                        else:
+                                link_target = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(src), link)
 
                         if os.path.lexists(link_target):
                                 # Ok, the link_target exists, we can rename