diff --git a/nodejs-symlink-deps b/nodejs-symlink-deps
index 258607c..44b0348 100755
--- a/nodejs-symlink-deps
+++ b/nodejs-symlink-deps
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ for path in modules:
         for dep in md['dependencies'].iterkeys():
             target = os.path.join(sitelib, dep)
             
-            if os.path.exists(target):
+            if not check or os.path.exists(target):
                 os.symlink(target, dep)
 
         if check and '--no-devdeps' not in sys.argv and 'devDependencies' in md:
diff --git a/nodejs.spec b/nodejs.spec
index 5725756..50f3eeb 100644
--- a/nodejs.spec
+++ b/nodejs.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name: nodejs
 Version: 0.10.3
-Release: 1%{?dist}
+Release: 2%{?dist}
 Summary: JavaScript runtime
 License: MIT and ASL 2.0 and ISC and BSD
 Group: Development/Languages
@@ -188,6 +188,9 @@ cp -p common.gypi %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/node
 %{_defaultdocdir}/%{name}-docs-%{version}
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Apr 04 2013 T.C. Hollingsworth <tchollingsworth@gmail.com> - 0.10.3-2
+- nodejs-symlink-deps: symlink unconditionally in the buildroot
+
 * Wed Apr 03 2013 T.C. Hollingsworth <tchollingsworth@gmail.com> - 0.10.3-1
 - new upstream release 0.10.3
   http://blog.nodejs.org/2013/04/03/node-v0-10-3-stable/