diff --git a/src/ahriman/application/handlers/tree_migrate.py b/src/ahriman/application/handlers/tree_migrate.py
index 1f033207..7d9a0f38 100644
--- a/src/ahriman/application/handlers/tree_migrate.py
+++ b/src/ahriman/application/handlers/tree_migrate.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import argparse
 
 from ahriman.application.handlers.handler import Handler, SubParserAction
 from ahriman.core.configuration import Configuration
-from ahriman.core.utils import walk
+from ahriman.core.utils import symlink_relative, walk
 from ahriman.models.repository_id import RepositoryId
 from ahriman.models.repository_paths import RepositoryPaths
 
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ class TreeMigrate(Handler):
                 continue
             if (source_archive := archives.get(symlink.name)) is not None:
                 symlink.unlink()
-                symlink.symlink_to(source_archive.relative_to(symlink.parent, walk_up=True))
+                symlink_relative(symlink, source_archive)
 
     @staticmethod
     def tree_move(from_tree: RepositoryPaths, to_tree: RepositoryPaths) -> None:
diff --git a/src/ahriman/core/archive/archive_tree.py b/src/ahriman/core/archive/archive_tree.py
index c145f0af..6c420fd3 100644
--- a/src/ahriman/core/archive/archive_tree.py
+++ b/src/ahriman/core/archive/archive_tree.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ from pathlib import Path
 
 from ahriman.core.alpm.repo import Repo
 from ahriman.core.log import LazyLogging
-from ahriman.core.utils import utcnow, walk
+from ahriman.core.utils import symlink_relative, utcnow, walk
 from ahriman.models.package import Package
 from ahriman.models.repository_paths import RepositoryPaths
 
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ class ArchiveTree(LazyLogging):
                 for file in archive.glob(f"{single.filename}*"):
                     symlink = root / file.name
                     try:
-                        symlink.symlink_to(file.relative_to(symlink.parent, walk_up=True))
+                        symlink_relative(symlink, file)
                         has_file = True
                     except FileExistsError:
                         continue  # symlink is already created, skip processing
diff --git a/src/ahriman/core/repository/executor.py b/src/ahriman/core/repository/executor.py
index f4aa296c..634b4aa1 100644
--- a/src/ahriman/core/repository/executor.py
+++ b/src/ahriman/core/repository/executor.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ from ahriman.core.build_tools.package_archive import PackageArchive
 from ahriman.core.build_tools.task import Task
 from ahriman.core.repository.cleaner import Cleaner
 from ahriman.core.repository.package_info import PackageInfo
-from ahriman.core.utils import atomic_move, filelock, package_like, safe_filename
+from ahriman.core.utils import atomic_move, filelock, package_like, safe_filename, symlink_relative
 from ahriman.models.changes import Changes
 from ahriman.models.event import EventType
 from ahriman.models.package import Package
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ class Executor(PackageInfo, Cleaner):
             dst = self.paths.archive_for(package_base) / src.name
             atomic_move(src, dst)  # move package to archive directory
             if not (symlink := self.paths.repository / dst.name).exists():
-                symlink.symlink_to(dst.relative_to(symlink.parent, walk_up=True))  # create link to archive
+                symlink_relative(symlink, dst)  # create link to archive
 
         self.repo.add(self.paths.repository / filename)
 
diff --git a/src/ahriman/core/utils.py b/src/ahriman/core/utils.py
index 504f8050..dc9d757c 100644
--- a/src/ahriman/core/utils.py
+++ b/src/ahriman/core/utils.py
@@ -517,6 +517,17 @@ def srcinfo_property_list(key: str, srcinfo: Mapping[str, Any], package_srcinfo:
     return values
 
 
+def symlink_relative(symlink: Path, source: Path) -> None:
+    """
+    create symlink with relative path to the target directory
+
+    Args:
+        symlink(Path): path to symlink to create
+        source(Path): source file to be symlinked
+    """
+    symlink.symlink_to(source.relative_to(symlink.parent, walk_up=True))
+
+
 def trim_package(package_name: str) -> str:
     """
     remove version bound and description from package name. Pacman allows to specify version bound (=, <=, >= etc.) for
diff --git a/tests/ahriman/core/test_utils.py b/tests/ahriman/core/test_utils.py
index e2b25375..0ae5de1a 100644
--- a/tests/ahriman/core/test_utils.py
+++ b/tests/ahriman/core/test_utils.py
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ from ahriman.core.utils import (
     safe_filename,
     srcinfo_property,
     srcinfo_property_list,
+    symlink_relative,
     trim_package,
     utcnow,
     walk,
@@ -532,6 +533,23 @@ def test_srcinfo_property_list() -> None:
     assert srcinfo_property_list("key", {"key_x86_64": ["overrides"]}, {}, architecture="x86_64") == ["overrides"]
 
 
+def test_symlink_relative(mocker: MockerFixture) -> None:
+    """
+    must create symlinks with relative paths
+    """
+    symlink_mock = mocker.patch("pathlib.Path.symlink_to")
+
+    symlink_relative(Path("a"), Path("b"))
+    symlink_relative(Path("root/a"), Path("root/c"))
+    symlink_relative(Path("root/sub/a"), Path("root/c"))
+
+    symlink_mock.assert_has_calls([
+        MockCall(Path("b")),
+        MockCall(Path("c")),
+        MockCall(Path("../c")),
+    ])
+
+
 def test_trim_package() -> None:
     """
     must trim package version