diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 2b6b4677..489b0ae1 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 xbps-0.46 (???):
 
+ * /usr/sbin is now a symlink in void, don't consider it as obsolete and never
+   remove it even if it was detected as obsolete.
+
  * xbps-rindex(1): use `-s, --sign` to initialize the repository archive
    with the required metadata to allow signed packages. Added `-S, --sign-pkg`
    to sign a specific package archive. This allows to sign a specific package,
diff --git a/lib/package_find_obsoletes.c b/lib/package_find_obsoletes.c
index 88cf713f..f9e4453f 100644
--- a/lib/package_find_obsoletes.c
+++ b/lib/package_find_obsoletes.c
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ xbps_find_pkg_obsoletes(struct xbps_handle *xhp,
 	const char *basesymlinks[] = {
 		"./bin",
 		"./sbin",
+		"./usr/sbin",
 		"./lib",
 		"./lib32",
 		"./lib64",
diff --git a/lib/package_remove.c b/lib/package_remove.c
index add657c1..a3d1741c 100644
--- a/lib/package_remove.c
+++ b/lib/package_remove.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*-
- * Copyright (c) 2009-2014 Juan Romero Pardines.
+ * Copyright (c) 2009-2015 Juan Romero Pardines.
  * All rights reserved.
  *
  * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ remove_pkg_files(struct xbps_handle *xhp,
 	const char *basesymlinks[] = {
 		"/bin",
 		"/sbin",
+		"/usr/sbin",
 		"/lib",
 		"/lib32",
 		"/lib64",