diff --git a/srcpkgs/tree/template b/srcpkgs/tree/template
index ad6e3239444..49b01ba8ed9 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/tree/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/tree/template
@@ -11,5 +11,6 @@ license="GPL-2"
 checksum=4dc470a74880338b01da41701d8db90d0fb178877e526d385931a007d68d7591
 
 do_install() {
+	sed -e 's,install -s,install ,g' -i Makefile
 	make MANDIR=${DESTDIR}/usr/share/man/man1 BINDIR=${DESTDIR}/usr/bin install
 }