diff --git a/ikiwiki.setup b/ikiwiki.setup
index 07482cf5..6518c9f9 100644
--- a/ikiwiki.setup
+++ b/ikiwiki.setup
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ use IkiWiki::Setup::Standard {
 	url => 'http://www.nico.schottelius.org/',
 	# url to the ikiwiki.cgi
 	cgiurl => '',
+    allow_symlinks_before_srcdir => 1,
+
 	# filename of cgi wrapper to generate
 	cgi_wrapper => '',
 	# mode for cgi_wrapper (can safely be made suid)