diff --git a/docs/src/gen-docs.js b/docs/src/gen-docs.js
index e0a67dc65420..c3390819fdc8 100755
--- a/docs/src/gen-docs.js
+++ b/docs/src/gen-docs.js
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ function writeTheRest(writesFuture) {
 
   writesFuture.push(writer.symlinkTemplate('css'));
   writesFuture.push(writer.symlinkTemplate('font'));
-  writesFuture.push(writer.symlinkTemplate('img'));
+  writesFuture.push(writer.symlink('../../docs/img', 'build/docs/img'));
   writesFuture.push(writer.symlinkTemplate('js'));
 
   var manifest = 'manifest="/build/docs/appcache.manifest"';
diff --git a/docs/src/writer.js b/docs/src/writer.js
index 6ca1dbab745c..450f7cb55521 100644
--- a/docs/src/writer.js
+++ b/docs/src/writer.js
@@ -60,17 +60,23 @@ exports.copy = function(from, to, transform) {
 };
 
 
-exports.symlinkTemplate= symlinkTemplate;
+exports.symlink = symlink;
+function symlink(from, to) {
+  return qfs.exists(to).then(function(exists) {
+    if (!exists) {
+      return qfs.symbolicLink(to, from);
+    }
+  });
+}
+
+
+exports.symlinkTemplate = symlinkTemplate;
 function symlinkTemplate(filename) {
   var dest = OUTPUT_DIR + filename,
       dirDepth = dest.split('/').length,
       src = Array(dirDepth).join('../') + 'docs/src/templates/' + filename;
 
-  return qfs.exists(dest).then(function(exists) {
-    if (!exists) {
-      qfs.symbolicLink(dest, src);
-    }
-  });
+  return symlink(src, dest);
 }