diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index fcb0ae22..b7720543 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,12 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic
 Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [Unreleased]
+
+### yabridgectl
+
+- Fixed issue with overwriting broken symlinks during `yabridgectl sync`.
+
 ## [1.4.0] - 2020-07-26
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/tools/yabridgectl/src/actions.rs b/tools/yabridgectl/src/actions.rs
index b74aabe1..2122f6de 100644
--- a/tools/yabridgectl/src/actions.rs
+++ b/tools/yabridgectl/src/actions.rs
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
 use anyhow::{Context, Result};
 use colored::Colorize;
+use std::fs;
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 
 use crate::config::{Config, InstallationMethod};
@@ -173,9 +174,10 @@ pub fn do_sync(config: &mut Config, options: &SyncOptions) -> Result<()> {
         }
         for plugin in search_results.vst2_files {
             // If the target file already exists, we'll remove it first to prevent issues with
-            // mixing symlinks and regular files
+            // mixing symlinks and regular files. We check `std::fs::symlink_metadata` instead of
+            // `Path::exists()` because the latter reports false for broken symlinks.
             let target_path = plugin.with_extension("so");
-            if target_path.exists() {
+            if fs::symlink_metadata(&target_path).is_ok() {
                 utils::remove_file(&target_path)?;
             }