diff --git a/development/alex/alex.SlackBuild b/development/alex/alex.SlackBuild
index d2b3d86c35..71e6321bc1 100644
--- a/development/alex/alex.SlackBuild
+++ b/development/alex/alex.SlackBuild
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ rm -rf $PRGNAM-$VERSION
 tar xvf $CWD/$PRGNAM-$VERSION.tar.gz
 cd $PRGNAM-$VERSION
 chown -R root:root .
+find -L . \
  \( -perm 777 -o -perm 775 -o -perm 750 -o -perm 711 -o -perm 555 \
   -o -perm 511 \) -exec chmod 755 {} \; -o \
  \( -perm 666 -o -perm 664 -o -perm 640 -o -perm 600 -o -perm 444 \