diff --git a/Alien/Package/Rpm.pm b/Alien/Package/Rpm.pm
index d862072..022b71d 100644
--- a/Alien/Package/Rpm.pm
+++ b/Alien/Package/Rpm.pm
@@ -195,8 +195,9 @@ sub unpack {
 				print STDERR "WARNING: $file is owned by a group ($group) not on this system; using group root instead";
 				$gid=0;
 			}
-			chown($uid, $gid, $file) || die "failed chowning $file to $uid\:$gid\: $!";
-			chmod($mode, $file) || die "failed changing mode of $file to $mode\: $!";
+			next unless -e "$workdir/$file"; # skip broken links
+			chown($uid, $gid, "$workdir/$file") || die "failed chowning $file to $uid\:$gid\: $!";
+			chmod($mode, "$workdir/$file") || die "failed changing mode of $file to $mode\: $!";
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 811b08e..d7fab25 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+alien (8.16) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * Fixed rpm unpacking.
+
+ -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>  Fri, 12 Jul 2002 19:35:06 -0400
+
 alien (8.15) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * Fix a longstanding bug I was only recently told about: When converting