1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/build.py b/scripts/build.py
index 9739c08204c..1b4306911dc 100755
--- a/scripts/build.py
+++ b/scripts/build.py
@@ -274,7 +274,10 @@ def package_qtcreator(args, paths):
 
     # use -mf=off to avoid usage of the ARM executable compression filter,
     # which cannot be extracted by p7zip
-    zip = ['7z', 'a', '-mmt' + args.zip_threads, '-mf=off']
+    # use -snl to preserve symlinks even if their target doesn't exist
+    # which is important for the _dev package on Linux
+    # (only works with official/upstream 7zip)
+    zip = ['7z', 'a', '-mmt' + args.zip_threads, '-mf=off', '-snl']
     if not args.no_zip:
         if not args.no_qtcreator:
             common.check_print_call(zip