diff --git a/debian/cloudstack-management.postinst b/debian/cloudstack-management.postinst
index b2a1c900a73..2cc3b9b7b53 100755
--- a/debian/cloudstack-management.postinst
+++ b/debian/cloudstack-management.postinst
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ if [ "$1" = configure ]; then
     chgrp cloud ${CONFDIR}/${DBPROPS}
     chown -R cloud:cloud /var/log/cloudstack/management
 
-    ln -s ${CONFDIR}/log4j-cloud.xml ${CONFDIR}/log4j.xml
+    ln -sf ${CONFDIR}/log4j-cloud.xml ${CONFDIR}/log4j.xml
 
     # Add jdbc MySQL driver settings to db.properties if not present
     grep -s -q "db.cloud.driver=jdbc:mysql" ${CONFDIR}/${DBPROPS} || sed -i -e "\$adb.cloud.driver=jdbc:mysql" ${CONFDIR}/${DBPROPS}
diff --git a/packaging/centos63/cloud.spec b/packaging/centos63/cloud.spec
index 682bda97de2..1a11a15cb8f 100644
--- a/packaging/centos63/cloud.spec
+++ b/packaging/centos63/cloud.spec
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ do
   cp client/target/conf/$name ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_sysconfdir}/%{name}/management/$name
 done
 
-ln -s log4j-cloud.xml  ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_sysconfdir}/%{name}/management/log4j.xml
+ln -sf log4j-cloud.xml  ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_sysconfdir}/%{name}/management/log4j.xml
 
 install python/bindir/cloud-external-ipallocator.py ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_bindir}/%{name}-external-ipallocator.py
 install -D client/target/pythonlibs/jasypt-1.9.2.jar ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_datadir}/%{name}-common/lib/jasypt-1.9.2.jar
diff --git a/packaging/centos7/cloud.spec b/packaging/centos7/cloud.spec
index c8d0ebc0fe0..10b9c3ed908 100644
--- a/packaging/centos7/cloud.spec
+++ b/packaging/centos7/cloud.spec
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ do
   cp client/target/conf/$name ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_sysconfdir}/%{name}/management/$name
 done
 
-ln -s log4j-cloud.xml  ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_sysconfdir}/%{name}/management/log4j.xml
+ln -sf log4j-cloud.xml  ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_sysconfdir}/%{name}/management/log4j.xml
 
 install python/bindir/cloud-external-ipallocator.py ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_bindir}/%{name}-external-ipallocator.py
 install -D client/target/pythonlibs/jasypt-1.9.2.jar ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_datadir}/%{name}-common/lib/jasypt-1.9.2.jar