diff --git a/makepackage b/makepackage
index f2f15497e4c9371cb4c7af3044222d65370abcc4..779d5ff83ac242ec9d40727190f125644b9e12a1 100644
--- a/makepackage
+++ b/makepackage
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ EOF
     then
         for BIN in /bin/uname /usr/bin/arch
         do
+        [ -f $BIN ] || continue
         mv $CHROOT/$BIN $CHROOT/$BIN.orig
 cat << EOF > $CHROOT/$BIN
 #!/bin/sh