diff --git a/roles/deploy_code/defaults/main.yml b/roles/deploy_code/defaults/main.yml
index b28b479d..62e50b00 100644
--- a/roles/deploy_code/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/deploy_code/defaults/main.yml
@@ -11,11 +11,13 @@ 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')
-  # 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.
+  # force: set to true to create 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'
+  #    force: true
   #  - src: '/var/simplesaml/etc'
   #    dest: 'vendor/simplesamlphp/simplesamlphp/config'
+  #    force: false
   symlinks: []
   # Specify any additional templates to generate, with src (template) and dest (file).
   # src: name of a template, in the "templates" dir relative to your playbook.
diff --git a/roles/deploy_code/tasks/deploy.yml b/roles/deploy_code/tasks/deploy.yml
index 307a480c..ef38f63a 100644
--- a/roles/deploy_code/tasks/deploy.yml
+++ b/roles/deploy_code/tasks/deploy.yml
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
     src: "{{ link.src }}"
     dest: "{{ live_symlink_dest }}/{{ link.dest }}"
     state: link
+    force: "{{ link.force }}"
   with_items: "{{ deploy_code.symlinks }}"
   loop_control:
     loop_var: link