diff --git a/docs/roles/composer.md b/docs/roles/composer.md
index 74765170..c2fd2b1d 100644
--- a/docs/roles/composer.md
+++ b/docs/roles/composer.md
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ composer:
   # Specify any additional symlink to create, with src (target) and dest (link).
   # src: can be either absolute or relative to the dest (eg. '/var/my_data', '/home/deploy/simplesaml', '../../../myconfig')
   # dest: can only be relative to the root of your repository (eg. 'www/themes/myassets', 'var/cache')
-  # create: whether to create the target if it does not exists.
+  # force: false # Set to true for the creation of the symlinks in two cases: the source file does not exist but will appear later; the destination exists and is a file.
   #  - src: '/home/{{ deploy_user }}//{{ project_name }}_{{ build_type }}/simplesaml'
   #    dest: 'vendor/simplesamlphp/simplesamlphp/config'
   #  - src: '/var/simplesaml/etc'
diff --git a/docs/roles/config_generate.md b/docs/roles/config_generate.md
index fe7aecfe..941b0680 100644
--- a/docs/roles/config_generate.md
+++ b/docs/roles/config_generate.md
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ config_generate:
   # Specify any additional symlink to create, with src (target) and dest (link).
   # src: can be either absolute or relative to the dest (eg. '/var/my_data', '/home/deploy/simplesaml', '../../../myconfig')
   # dest: can only be relative to the root of your repository (eg. 'www/themes/myassets', 'var/cache')
-  # create: whether to create the target if it does not exists.
+  # force: false # Set to true for the creation of the symlinks in two cases: the source file does not exist but will appear later; the destination exists and is a file.
   #  - src: '/home/{{ deploy_user }}//{{ project_name }}_{{ build_type }}/simplesaml'
   #    dest: 'vendor/simplesamlphp/simplesamlphp/config'
   #  - src: '/var/simplesaml/etc'
diff --git a/docs/roles/deploy_code.md b/docs/roles/deploy_code.md
index 5d4cc722..fa1fec71 100644
--- a/docs/roles/deploy_code.md
+++ b/docs/roles/deploy_code.md
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ deploy_code:
   # Specify any additional symlink to create, with src (target) and dest (link).
   # src: can be either absolute or relative to the dest (eg. '/var/my_data', '/home/deploy/simplesaml', '../../../myconfig')
   # dest: can only be relative to the root of your repository (eg. 'www/themes/myassets', 'var/cache')
-  # create: whether to create the target if it does not exists.
+  # force: false # Set to true for the creation of the symlinks in two cases: the source file does not exist but will appear later; the destination exists and is a file.
   #  - src: '/home/{{ deploy_user }}//{{ project_name }}_{{ build_type }}/simplesaml'
   #    dest: 'vendor/simplesamlphp/simplesamlphp/config'
   #  - src: '/var/simplesaml/etc'
diff --git a/docs/roles/npm.md b/docs/roles/npm.md
index 97f06cdc..45b401b0 100644
--- a/docs/roles/npm.md
+++ b/docs/roles/npm.md
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ npm:
   # Specify any additional symlink to create, with src (target) and dest (link).
   # src: can be either absolute or relative to the dest (eg. '/var/my_data', '/home/deploy/simplesaml', '../../../myconfig')
   # dest: can only be relative to the root of your repository (eg. 'www/themes/myassets', 'var/cache')
-  # create: whether to create the target if it does not exists.
+  # force: false # Set to true for the creation of the symlinks in two cases: the source file does not exist but will appear later; the destination exists and is a file.
   #  - src: '/home/{{ deploy_user }}//{{ project_name }}_{{ build_type }}/simplesaml'
   #    dest: 'vendor/simplesamlphp/simplesamlphp/config'
   #  - src: '/var/simplesaml/etc'
diff --git a/roles/composer/README.md b/roles/composer/README.md
index 74765170..c2fd2b1d 100644
--- a/roles/composer/README.md
+++ b/roles/composer/README.md
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ composer:
   # Specify any additional symlink to create, with src (target) and dest (link).
   # src: can be either absolute or relative to the dest (eg. '/var/my_data', '/home/deploy/simplesaml', '../../../myconfig')
   # dest: can only be relative to the root of your repository (eg. 'www/themes/myassets', 'var/cache')
-  # create: whether to create the target if it does not exists.
+  # force: false # Set to true for the creation of the symlinks in two cases: the source file does not exist but will appear later; the destination exists and is a file.
   #  - src: '/home/{{ deploy_user }}//{{ project_name }}_{{ build_type }}/simplesaml'
   #    dest: 'vendor/simplesamlphp/simplesamlphp/config'
   #  - src: '/var/simplesaml/etc'
diff --git a/roles/composer/defaults/main.yml b/roles/composer/defaults/main.yml
index d0dfbd1d..78876efc 100644
--- a/roles/composer/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/composer/defaults/main.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ composer:
   # Specify any additional symlink to create, with src (target) and dest (link).
   # src: can be either absolute or relative to the dest (eg. '/var/my_data', '/home/deploy/simplesaml', '../../../myconfig')
   # dest: can only be relative to the root of your repository (eg. 'www/themes/myassets', 'var/cache')
-  # create: whether to create the target if it does not exists.
+  # force: false # Set to true for the creation of the symlinks in two cases: the source file does not exist but will appear later; the destination exists and is a file.
   #  - src: '/home/{{ deploy_user }}//{{ project_name }}_{{ build_type }}/simplesaml'
   #    dest: 'vendor/simplesamlphp/simplesamlphp/config'
   #  - src: '/var/simplesaml/etc'
diff --git a/roles/config_generate/README.md b/roles/config_generate/README.md
index fe7aecfe..941b0680 100644
--- a/roles/config_generate/README.md
+++ b/roles/config_generate/README.md
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ config_generate:
   # Specify any additional symlink to create, with src (target) and dest (link).
   # src: can be either absolute or relative to the dest (eg. '/var/my_data', '/home/deploy/simplesaml', '../../../myconfig')
   # dest: can only be relative to the root of your repository (eg. 'www/themes/myassets', 'var/cache')
-  # create: whether to create the target if it does not exists.
+  # force: false # Set to true for the creation of the symlinks in two cases: the source file does not exist but will appear later; the destination exists and is a file.
   #  - src: '/home/{{ deploy_user }}//{{ project_name }}_{{ build_type }}/simplesaml'
   #    dest: 'vendor/simplesamlphp/simplesamlphp/config'
   #  - src: '/var/simplesaml/etc'
diff --git a/roles/config_generate/defaults/main.yml b/roles/config_generate/defaults/main.yml
index 8f1987eb..e9eb308a 100644
--- a/roles/config_generate/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/config_generate/defaults/main.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ config_generate:
   # Specify any additional symlink to create, with src (target) and dest (link).
   # src: can be either absolute or relative to the dest (eg. '/var/my_data', '/home/deploy/simplesaml', '../../../myconfig')
   # dest: can only be relative to the root of your repository (eg. 'www/themes/myassets', 'var/cache')
-  # create: whether to create the target if it does not exists.
+  # force: false # Set to true for the creation of the symlinks in two cases: the source file does not exist but will appear later; the destination exists and is a file.
   #  - src: '/home/{{ deploy_user }}//{{ project_name }}_{{ build_type }}/simplesaml'
   #    dest: 'vendor/simplesamlphp/simplesamlphp/config'
   #  - src: '/var/simplesaml/etc'
diff --git a/roles/deploy_code/README.md b/roles/deploy_code/README.md
index 5d4cc722..fa1fec71 100644
--- a/roles/deploy_code/README.md
+++ b/roles/deploy_code/README.md
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ deploy_code:
   # Specify any additional symlink to create, with src (target) and dest (link).
   # src: can be either absolute or relative to the dest (eg. '/var/my_data', '/home/deploy/simplesaml', '../../../myconfig')
   # dest: can only be relative to the root of your repository (eg. 'www/themes/myassets', 'var/cache')
-  # create: whether to create the target if it does not exists.
+  # force: false # Set to true for the creation of the symlinks in two cases: the source file does not exist but will appear later; the destination exists and is a file.
   #  - src: '/home/{{ deploy_user }}//{{ project_name }}_{{ build_type }}/simplesaml'
   #    dest: 'vendor/simplesamlphp/simplesamlphp/config'
   #  - src: '/var/simplesaml/etc'
diff --git a/roles/deploy_code/defaults/main.yml b/roles/deploy_code/defaults/main.yml
index b8220475..b28b479d 100644
--- a/roles/deploy_code/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/deploy_code/defaults/main.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ deploy_code:
   # Specify any additional symlink to create, with src (target) and dest (link).
   # src: can be either absolute or relative to the dest (eg. '/var/my_data', '/home/deploy/simplesaml', '../../../myconfig')
   # dest: can only be relative to the root of your repository (eg. 'www/themes/myassets', 'var/cache')
-  # create: whether to create the target if it does not exists.
+  # force: false # Set to true for the creation of the symlinks in two cases: the source file does not exist but will appear later; the destination exists and is a file.
   #  - src: '/home/{{ deploy_user }}//{{ project_name }}_{{ build_type }}/simplesaml'
   #    dest: 'vendor/simplesamlphp/simplesamlphp/config'
   #  - src: '/var/simplesaml/etc'
diff --git a/roles/deploy_code/tasks/deploy.yml b/roles/deploy_code/tasks/deploy.yml
index 032e1577..307a480c 100644
--- a/roles/deploy_code/tasks/deploy.yml
+++ b/roles/deploy_code/tasks/deploy.yml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     - deploy_code.templates | length
     - deploy_operation == 'deploy'
 
-- name: Create additional symlinks.
+- name: Create additional symlinks in build dir.
   ansible.builtin.file:
     src: "{{ link.src }}"
     dest: "{{ deploy_path }}/{{ link.dest }}"
@@ -38,6 +38,19 @@
     loop_var: link
   when:
     - deploy_code.symlinks | length
+    - deploy_code.mount_type != "squashfs"
+
+- name: Create additional symlinks in deploy dir.
+  ansible.builtin.file:
+    src: "{{ link.src }}"
+    dest: "{{ live_symlink_dest }}/{{ link.dest }}"
+    state: link
+  with_items: "{{ deploy_code.symlinks }}"
+  loop_control:
+    loop_var: link
+  when:
+    - deploy_code.symlinks | length
+    - deploy_code.mount_type == "squashfs"
 
 # Additional vhost handling for feature branch builds.
 
diff --git a/roles/live_symlink/defaults/main.yml b/roles/live_symlink/defaults/main.yml
index eca23ad6..0a1aac69 100644
--- a/roles/live_symlink/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/live_symlink/defaults/main.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ live_symlink:
   # Specify any additional symlink to create, with src (target) and dest (link).
   # src: can be either absolute or relative to the dest (eg. '/var/my_data', '/home/deploy/simplesaml', '../../../myconfig')
   # dest: can only be relative to the root of your repository (eg. 'www/themes/myassets', 'var/cache')
-  # create: whether to create the target if it does not exists.
+  # force: false # Set to true for the creation of the symlinks in two cases: the source file does not exist but will appear later; the destination exists and is a file.
   #  - src: '/home/{{ deploy_user }}//{{ project_name }}_{{ build_type }}/simplesaml'
   #    dest: 'vendor/simplesamlphp/simplesamlphp/config'
   #  - src: '/var/simplesaml/etc'
diff --git a/roles/npm/README.md b/roles/npm/README.md
index 97f06cdc..45b401b0 100644
--- a/roles/npm/README.md
+++ b/roles/npm/README.md
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ npm:
   # Specify any additional symlink to create, with src (target) and dest (link).
   # src: can be either absolute or relative to the dest (eg. '/var/my_data', '/home/deploy/simplesaml', '../../../myconfig')
   # dest: can only be relative to the root of your repository (eg. 'www/themes/myassets', 'var/cache')
-  # create: whether to create the target if it does not exists.
+  # force: false # Set to true for the creation of the symlinks in two cases: the source file does not exist but will appear later; the destination exists and is a file.
   #  - src: '/home/{{ deploy_user }}//{{ project_name }}_{{ build_type }}/simplesaml'
   #    dest: 'vendor/simplesamlphp/simplesamlphp/config'
   #  - src: '/var/simplesaml/etc'
diff --git a/roles/npm/defaults/main.yml b/roles/npm/defaults/main.yml
index a29fcac7..57e45056 100644
--- a/roles/npm/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/npm/defaults/main.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ npm:
   # Specify any additional symlink to create, with src (target) and dest (link).
   # src: can be either absolute or relative to the dest (eg. '/var/my_data', '/home/deploy/simplesaml', '../../../myconfig')
   # dest: can only be relative to the root of your repository (eg. 'www/themes/myassets', 'var/cache')
-  # create: whether to create the target if it does not exists.
+  # force: false # Set to true for the creation of the symlinks in two cases: the source file does not exist but will appear later; the destination exists and is a file.
   #  - src: '/home/{{ deploy_user }}//{{ project_name }}_{{ build_type }}/simplesaml'
   #    dest: 'vendor/simplesamlphp/simplesamlphp/config'
   #  - src: '/var/simplesaml/etc'