diff --git a/common.pri b/common.pri
index 0a7ee8d42..1142b1dc5 100644
--- a/common.pri
+++ b/common.pri
@@ -84,7 +84,9 @@ defineTest(copyToDestdir) {
 
     for(FILE, files) {
         unix{
-            QMAKE_POST_LINK += ln -s -f $$quote($$FILE) $$quote($$DDIR/$$basename(FILE)) & $$escape_expand(\\n\\t)
+            !exists($$DDIR/$$basename(FILE)) {
+                QMAKE_POST_LINK += ln -s -f $$quote($$FILE) $$quote($$DDIR/$$basename(FILE)) & $$escape_expand(\\n\\t)
+            }
         } else {
             !exists($$DDIR/$$basename(FILE)) {
                 # Replace slashes in paths with backslashes for Windows