diff --git a/src/filelist2content.sh.in b/src/filelist2content.sh.in
index 4ab710a..b15981a 100644
--- a/src/filelist2content.sh.in
+++ b/src/filelist2content.sh.in
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ function do_f2c() {
 
             echo -n ":md5=${md5%% *}"        
         elif [ "${type}" = "symlink" ] ; then
-            file="${file}//$(readlink ${file})"
+            file="${file}//$(readlink ${root}${file})"
         elif [ "${type}" = "block" -o "${type}" = "char" ] ; then
             echo -n ":major=${major}"
             echo -n ":minor=${minor}"