diff --git a/scripts/pkgmeek b/scripts/pkgmeek
index 443753d..09b9a19 100755
--- a/scripts/pkgmeek
+++ b/scripts/pkgmeek
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@
 
 main() {
 ######################## main routine ################################
-local o_ignored pkg_dir src_dir work _local_ here url u f pkg_utd; local errDL=0; local errUZ=0;
+local o_ignored pkg_dir src_dir work _local_ here url u f TARGET pkg_utd
+local errDL=0; local errUZ=0;
 parse_options "$@"
 [ "$PKGMK_RECURSIVE" = "yes" ] && recursive "$@"
 #
@@ -148,7 +149,8 @@ if [ "$pkg_utd" = 0 ] || [ "$PKGMK_FORCE" = "yes" ]; then # Skip the extract, bu
 	{ error "Failed to unpack all sources."; exit "$E_UNPACK"; }
 	[ "$PKGMK_EXTRACT_ONLY" = "no" ] || exit 0
 
-# The actual build step! (some ports choke if you try it as a regular user without fakeroot)
+# The actual build step! (use fakeroot when building daemon ports as an ordinary user,
+#  otherwise the owner and group might not be correct)
 	(SRC=$(pwd)/src; PKG=$(pwd)/pkg; cd src; set -x; build) &&
 	info "Build succeeded. Moving on to compression." ||
 	{ error "Unsuccessful build!"; cleanup_work; exit "$E_BUILD"; }
@@ -163,8 +165,10 @@ if [ "$pkg_utd" = 0 ] || [ "$PKGMK_FORCE" = "yes" ]; then # Skip the extract, bu
 	done
 
 	find pkg -type f -path "*/man/man*/*" | grep -v '.gz$' | xargs -r -I{} gzip -9 '{}'
-	find pkg -xtype l -path "*/man/man*/*" \
-			| xargs -x -r -n1 sh -c "ln -sf \"\$(readlink -n '{}')\" '{}'"
+	find pkg -xtype l -path "*/man/man*/*" | while read f; do
+		TARGET="$(basename -s .gz $(readlink -n $f)).gz"; DIR="$(dirname ${f%%.gz}.gz)";
+		rm -f $f; [ -e $DIR/$TARGET ] && ln -sf $TARGET ${f%%.gz}.gz
+	done
 
 	[ $UID = 0 ] || fake_uid="--uid 0 --gid 0"
 	if (cd pkg; bsdtar --format=gnutar $fake_uid -cf "$pkg_dir$package" *); then