diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/case.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/case.py
index e09915b..2e446b0 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/case.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/case.py
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 from oeqa.utils.commands import runCmd, bitbake, get_bb_var
 from oeqa.core.case import OETestCase
 
+import bb.utils
+
 class OESelftestTestCase(OETestCase):
     def __init__(self, methodName="runTest"):
         self._extra_tear_down_commands = []
@@ -167,7 +169,7 @@
         if self._track_for_cleanup:
             for path in self._track_for_cleanup:
                 if os.path.isdir(path):
-                    shutil.rmtree(path)
+                    bb.utils.remove(path, recurse=True)
                 if os.path.isfile(path):
                     os.remove(path)
             self._track_for_cleanup = []
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/buildoptions.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/buildoptions.py
index e60e32d..24597ac 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/buildoptions.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/buildoptions.py
@@ -38,10 +38,12 @@
         self.assertTrue(os.path.isfile(p), msg = "No ccache found (%s)" % p)
         self.write_config('INHERIT += "ccache"')
         self.add_command_to_tearDown('bitbake -c clean m4')
+        bitbake("m4 -c clean")
         bitbake("m4 -f -c compile")
         log_compile = os.path.join(get_bb_var("WORKDIR","m4"), "temp/log.do_compile")
-        res = runCmd("grep ccache %s" % log_compile, ignore_status=True)
-        self.assertEqual(0, res.status, msg="No match for ccache in m4 log.do_compile. For further details: %s" % log_compile)
+        with open(log_compile, "r") as f:
+            loglines = "".join(f.readlines())
+        self.assertIn("ccache", loglines, msg="No match for ccache in m4 log.do_compile. For further details: %s" % log_compile)
 
     @OETestID(1435)
     def test_read_only_image(self):
@@ -57,15 +59,15 @@
     @OETestID(277)
     def test_stoptask_behavior(self):
         self.write_config('BB_DISKMON_DIRS = "STOPTASKS,${TMPDIR},100000G,100K"')
-        res = bitbake("m4", ignore_status = True)
+        res = bitbake("delay -c delay", ignore_status = True)
         self.assertTrue('ERROR: No new tasks can be executed since the disk space monitor action is "STOPTASKS"!' in res.output, msg = "Tasks should have stopped. Disk monitor is set to STOPTASK: %s" % res.output)
         self.assertEqual(res.status, 1, msg = "bitbake reported exit code %s. It should have been 1. Bitbake output: %s" % (str(res.status), res.output))
         self.write_config('BB_DISKMON_DIRS = "ABORT,${TMPDIR},100000G,100K"')
-        res = bitbake("m4", ignore_status = True)
+        res = bitbake("delay -c delay", ignore_status = True)
         self.assertTrue('ERROR: Immediately abort since the disk space monitor action is "ABORT"!' in res.output, "Tasks should have been aborted immediatelly. Disk monitor is set to ABORT: %s" % res.output)
         self.assertEqual(res.status, 1, msg = "bitbake reported exit code %s. It should have been 1. Bitbake output: %s" % (str(res.status), res.output))
         self.write_config('BB_DISKMON_DIRS = "WARN,${TMPDIR},100000G,100K"')
-        res = bitbake("m4")
+        res = bitbake("delay -c delay")
         self.assertTrue('WARNING: The free space' in res.output, msg = "A warning should have been displayed for disk monitor is set to WARN: %s" %res.output)
 
 class SanityOptionsTest(OESelftestTestCase):
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/containerimage.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/containerimage.py
index 99a5cc9..8deaae7 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/containerimage.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/containerimage.py
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 IMAGE_FSTYPES = "container"
 PACKAGE_CLASSES = "package_ipk"
 IMAGE_FEATURES = ""
+IMAGE_BUILDINFO_FILE = ""
 """)
 
         bbvars = get_bb_vars(['bindir', 'sysconfdir', 'localstatedir',
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/eSDK.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/eSDK.py
index d03188f..d7aef93 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/eSDK.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/eSDK.py
@@ -70,11 +70,13 @@
     @classmethod
     def setUpClass(cls):
         super(oeSDKExtSelfTest, cls).setUpClass()
-        cls.tmpdir_eSDKQA = tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix='eSDKQA')
-
-        sstate_dir = get_bb_var('SSTATE_DIR')
-
         cls.image = 'core-image-minimal'
+
+        bb_vars = get_bb_vars(['SSTATE_DIR', 'WORKDIR'], cls.image)
+        bb.utils.mkdirhier(bb_vars["WORKDIR"])
+        cls.tmpdirobj = tempfile.TemporaryDirectory(prefix="selftest-esdk-", dir=bb_vars["WORKDIR"])
+        cls.tmpdir_eSDKQA = cls.tmpdirobj.name
+
         oeSDKExtSelfTest.generate_eSDK(cls.image)
 
         # Install eSDK
@@ -87,14 +89,14 @@
         sstate_config="""
 SDK_LOCAL_CONF_WHITELIST = "SSTATE_MIRRORS"
 SSTATE_MIRRORS =  "file://.* file://%s/PATH"
-            """ % sstate_dir
+            """ % bb_vars["SSTATE_DIR"]
         with open(os.path.join(cls.tmpdir_eSDKQA, 'conf', 'local.conf'), 'a+') as f:
             f.write(sstate_config)
 
     @classmethod
     def tearDownClass(cls):
-        shutil.rmtree(cls.tmpdir_eSDKQA, ignore_errors=True)
-        super(oeSDKExtSelfTest, cls).tearDownClass()
+        cls.tmpdirobj.cleanup()
+        super().tearDownClass()
 
     @OETestID(1602)
     def test_install_libraries_headers(self):
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/oelib/path.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/oelib/path.py
index 75a27c0..e0eb813 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/oelib/path.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/oelib/path.py
@@ -38,13 +38,6 @@
         ( "b/test", errno.ENOENT ),
     ]
 
-    def __del__(self):
-        try:
-            #os.system("tree -F %s" % self.tmpdir)
-            shutil.rmtree(self.tmpdir)
-        except:
-            pass
-
     def setUp(self):
         self.tmpdir = tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix = "oe-test_path")
         self.root = os.path.join(self.tmpdir, "R")
@@ -59,6 +52,9 @@
         for l in self.LINKS:
             os.symlink(l[1], os.path.join(self.root, l[0]))
 
+    def tearDown(self):
+        shutil.rmtree(self.tmpdir)
+
     def __realpath(self, file, use_physdir, assume_dir = True):
         return oe.path.realpath(os.path.join(self.root, file), self.root,
                                 use_physdir, assume_dir = assume_dir)
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/runqemu.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/runqemu.py
index 5ebdd57..a758aaf 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/runqemu.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/runqemu.py
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@
         """Test runqemu machine"""
         cmd = "%s %s" % (self.cmd_common, self.machine)
         with runqemu(self.recipe, ssh=False, launch_cmd=cmd) as qemu:
-            self.assertTrue(qemu.runner.logged, "Failed: %s" % cmd)
+            with open(qemu.qemurunnerlog) as f:
+                self.assertTrue(qemu.runner.logged, "Failed: %s, %s" % (cmd, f.read()))
 
     @OETestID(2002)
     def test_boot_machine_ext4(self):
@@ -52,7 +53,7 @@
         cmd = "%s %s ext4" % (self.cmd_common, self.machine)
         with runqemu(self.recipe, ssh=False, launch_cmd=cmd) as qemu:
             with open(qemu.qemurunnerlog) as f:
-                self.assertTrue('rootfs.ext4' in f.read(), "Failed: %s" % cmd)
+                self.assertIn('rootfs.ext4', f.read(), "Failed: %s" % cmd)
 
     @OETestID(2003)
     def test_boot_machine_iso(self):
@@ -60,14 +61,16 @@
         cmd = "%s %s iso" % (self.cmd_common, self.machine)
         with runqemu(self.recipe, ssh=False, launch_cmd=cmd) as qemu:
             with open(qemu.qemurunnerlog) as f:
-                self.assertTrue('media=cdrom' in f.read(), "Failed: %s" % cmd)
+                self.assertIn('media=cdrom', f.read(), "Failed: %s" % cmd)
 
     @OETestID(2004)
     def test_boot_recipe_image(self):
         """Test runqemu recipe-image"""
         cmd = "%s %s" % (self.cmd_common, self.recipe)
         with runqemu(self.recipe, ssh=False, launch_cmd=cmd) as qemu:
-            self.assertTrue(qemu.runner.logged, "Failed: %s" % cmd)
+            with open(qemu.qemurunnerlog) as f:
+                self.assertTrue(qemu.runner.logged, "Failed: %s, %s" % (cmd, f.read()))
+
 
     @OETestID(2005)
     def test_boot_recipe_image_vmdk(self):
@@ -75,7 +78,7 @@
         cmd = "%s %s wic.vmdk" % (self.cmd_common, self.recipe)
         with runqemu(self.recipe, ssh=False, launch_cmd=cmd) as qemu:
             with open(qemu.qemurunnerlog) as f:
-                self.assertTrue('format=vmdk' in f.read(), "Failed: %s" % cmd)
+                self.assertIn('format=vmdk', f.read(), "Failed: %s" % cmd)
 
     @OETestID(2006)
     def test_boot_recipe_image_vdi(self):
@@ -83,14 +86,16 @@
         cmd = "%s %s wic.vdi" % (self.cmd_common, self.recipe)
         with runqemu(self.recipe, ssh=False, launch_cmd=cmd) as qemu:
             with open(qemu.qemurunnerlog) as f:
-                self.assertTrue('format=vdi' in f.read(), "Failed: %s" % cmd)
+                self.assertIn('format=vdi', f.read(), "Failed: %s" % cmd)
 
     @OETestID(2007)
     def test_boot_deploy(self):
         """Test runqemu deploy_dir_image"""
         cmd = "%s %s" % (self.cmd_common, self.deploy_dir_image)
         with runqemu(self.recipe, ssh=False, launch_cmd=cmd) as qemu:
-            self.assertTrue(qemu.runner.logged, "Failed: %s" % cmd)
+            with open(qemu.qemurunnerlog) as f:
+                self.assertTrue(qemu.runner.logged, "Failed: %s, %s" % (cmd, f.read()))
+
 
     @OETestID(2008)
     def test_boot_deploy_hddimg(self):
@@ -98,7 +103,7 @@
         cmd = "%s %s hddimg" % (self.cmd_common, self.deploy_dir_image)
         with runqemu(self.recipe, ssh=False, launch_cmd=cmd) as qemu:
             with open(qemu.qemurunnerlog) as f:
-                self.assertTrue(re.search('file=.*.hddimg', f.read()), "Failed: %s" % cmd)
+                self.assertTrue(re.search('file=.*.hddimg', f.read()), "Failed: %s, %s" % (cmd, f.read()))
 
     @OETestID(2009)
     def test_boot_machine_slirp(self):
@@ -106,7 +111,7 @@
         cmd = "%s slirp %s" % (self.cmd_common, self.machine)
         with runqemu(self.recipe, ssh=False, launch_cmd=cmd) as qemu:
             with open(qemu.qemurunnerlog) as f:
-                self.assertTrue(' -netdev user' in f.read(), "Failed: %s" % cmd)
+                self.assertIn(' -netdev user', f.read(), "Failed: %s" % cmd)
 
     @OETestID(2009)
     def test_boot_machine_slirp_qcow2(self):
@@ -114,7 +119,7 @@
         cmd = "%s slirp wic.qcow2 %s" % (self.cmd_common, self.machine)
         with runqemu(self.recipe, ssh=False, launch_cmd=cmd) as qemu:
             with open(qemu.qemurunnerlog) as f:
-                self.assertTrue('format=qcow2' in f.read(), "Failed: %s" % cmd)
+                self.assertIn('format=qcow2', f.read(), "Failed: %s" % cmd)
 
     @OETestID(2010)
     def test_boot_qemu_boot(self):
@@ -125,7 +130,8 @@
             self.skipTest("%s not found" % qemuboot_conf)
         cmd = "%s %s" % (self.cmd_common, qemuboot_conf)
         with runqemu(self.recipe, ssh=False, launch_cmd=cmd) as qemu:
-            self.assertTrue(qemu.runner.logged, "Failed: %s" % cmd)
+            with open(qemu.qemurunnerlog) as f:
+                self.assertTrue(qemu.runner.logged, "Failed: %s, %s" % (cmd, f.read()))
 
     @OETestID(2011)
     def test_boot_rootfs(self):
@@ -136,7 +142,9 @@
             self.skipTest("%s not found" % rootfs)
         cmd = "%s %s" % (self.cmd_common, rootfs)
         with runqemu(self.recipe, ssh=False, launch_cmd=cmd) as qemu:
-            self.assertTrue(qemu.runner.logged, "Failed: %s" % cmd)
+            with open(qemu.qemurunnerlog) as f:
+                self.assertTrue(qemu.runner.logged, "Failed: %s, %s" % (cmd, f.read()))
+
 
 # This test was designed as a separate class to test that shutdown
 # command will shutdown qemu as expected on each qemu architecture
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/signing.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/signing.py
index a750cfc..0edaf40 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/signing.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/signing.py
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 from oeqa.selftest.case import OESelftestTestCase
 from oeqa.utils.commands import runCmd, bitbake, get_bb_var, get_bb_vars
 import os
+import oe
 import glob
 import re
 import shutil
 import tempfile
+from contextlib import contextmanager
 from oeqa.core.decorator.oeid import OETestID
 from oeqa.utils.ftools import write_file
 
@@ -15,23 +17,39 @@
     pub_key_path = ""
     secret_key_path = ""
 
-    @classmethod
-    def setUpClass(cls):
-        super(Signing, cls).setUpClass()
-        # Check that we can find the gpg binary and fail early if we can't
-        if not shutil.which("gpg"):
-            raise AssertionError("This test needs GnuPG")
+    def setup_gpg(self):
+        bitbake('gnupg-native -c addto_recipe_sysroot')
 
-        cls.gpg_dir = tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix="oeqa-signing-")
+        self.gpg_dir = tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix="oeqa-signing-")
+        self.track_for_cleanup(self.gpg_dir)
 
-        cls.pub_key_path = os.path.join(cls.testlayer_path, 'files', 'signing', "key.pub")
-        cls.secret_key_path = os.path.join(cls.testlayer_path, 'files', 'signing', "key.secret")
+        self.pub_key_path = os.path.join(self.testlayer_path, 'files', 'signing', "key.pub")
+        self.secret_key_path = os.path.join(self.testlayer_path, 'files', 'signing', "key.secret")
 
-        runCmd('gpg --batch --homedir %s --import %s %s' % (cls.gpg_dir, cls.pub_key_path, cls.secret_key_path))
+        nsysroot = get_bb_var("RECIPE_SYSROOT_NATIVE", "gnupg-native")
+        runCmd('gpg --batch --homedir %s --import %s %s' % (self.gpg_dir, self.pub_key_path, self.secret_key_path), native_sysroot=nsysroot)
+        return nsysroot + get_bb_var("bindir_native")
 
-    @classmethod
-    def tearDownClass(cls):
-        shutil.rmtree(cls.gpg_dir, ignore_errors=True)
+
+    @contextmanager
+    def create_new_builddir(self, builddir, newbuilddir):
+        bb.utils.mkdirhier(newbuilddir)
+        oe.path.copytree(builddir + "/conf", newbuilddir + "/conf")
+        oe.path.copytree(builddir + "/cache", newbuilddir + "/cache")
+
+        origenv = os.environ.copy()
+
+        for e in os.environ:
+            if builddir in os.environ[e]:
+                os.environ[e] = os.environ[e].replace(builddir, newbuilddir)
+
+        os.chdir(newbuilddir)
+        try:
+            yield
+        finally:
+            for e in origenv:
+                os.environ[e] = origenv[e]
+            os.chdir(builddir)
 
     @OETestID(1362)
     def test_signing_packages(self):
@@ -46,6 +64,8 @@
         """
         import oe.packagedata
 
+        self.setup_gpg()
+
         package_classes = get_bb_var('PACKAGE_CLASSES')
         if 'package_rpm' not in package_classes:
             self.skipTest('This test requires RPM Packaging.')
@@ -108,11 +128,12 @@
 
         test_recipe = 'ed'
 
-        builddir = os.environ.get('BUILDDIR')
+        # Since we need gpg but we can't use gpg-native for sstate signatures, we 
+        # build gpg-native in our original builddir then run the tests in a second one.
+        builddir = os.environ.get('BUILDDIR') + "-testsign"
         sstatedir = os.path.join(builddir, 'test-sstate')
 
-        self.add_command_to_tearDown('bitbake -c clean %s' % test_recipe)
-        self.add_command_to_tearDown('rm -rf %s' % sstatedir)
+        nsysroot = self.setup_gpg()
 
         feature = 'SSTATE_SIG_KEY ?= "testuser"\n'
         feature += 'SSTATE_SIG_PASSPHRASE ?= "test123"\n'
@@ -124,19 +145,26 @@
 
         self.write_config(feature)
 
-        bitbake('-c clean %s' % test_recipe)
-        bitbake(test_recipe)
+        with self.create_new_builddir(os.environ['BUILDDIR'], builddir):
 
-        recipe_sig = glob.glob(sstatedir + '/*/*:ed:*_package.tgz.sig')
-        recipe_tgz = glob.glob(sstatedir + '/*/*:ed:*_package.tgz')
+            os.environ["PATH"] = nsysroot + ":" + os.environ["PATH"]
+            self.add_command_to_tearDown('bitbake -c clean %s' % test_recipe)
+            self.add_command_to_tearDown('rm -rf %s' % sstatedir)
+            self.add_command_to_tearDown('rm -rf %s' % builddir)
 
-        self.assertEqual(len(recipe_sig), 1, 'Failed to find .sig file.')
-        self.assertEqual(len(recipe_tgz), 1, 'Failed to find .tgz file.')
+            bitbake('-c clean %s' % test_recipe)
+            bitbake('-c populate_lic %s' % test_recipe)
 
-        ret = runCmd('gpg --homedir %s --verify %s %s' % (self.gpg_dir, recipe_sig[0], recipe_tgz[0]))
-        # gpg: Signature made Thu 22 Oct 2015 01:45:09 PM EEST using RSA key ID 61EEFB30
-        # gpg: Good signature from "testuser (nocomment) <testuser@email.com>"
-        self.assertIn('gpg: Good signature from', ret.output, 'Package signed incorrectly.')
+            recipe_sig = glob.glob(sstatedir + '/*/*:ed:*_populate_lic.tgz.sig')
+            recipe_tgz = glob.glob(sstatedir + '/*/*:ed:*_populate_lic.tgz')
+
+            self.assertEqual(len(recipe_sig), 1, 'Failed to find .sig file.')
+            self.assertEqual(len(recipe_tgz), 1, 'Failed to find .tgz file.')
+
+            ret = runCmd('gpg --homedir %s --verify %s %s' % (self.gpg_dir, recipe_sig[0], recipe_tgz[0]))
+            # gpg: Signature made Thu 22 Oct 2015 01:45:09 PM EEST using RSA key ID 61EEFB30
+            # gpg: Good signature from "testuser (nocomment) <testuser@email.com>"
+            self.assertIn('gpg: Good signature from', ret.output, 'Package signed incorrectly.')
 
 
 class LockedSignatures(OESelftestTestCase):
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/context.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/context.py
index 9e90d3c..9a56888 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/context.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/context.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 import time
 import glob
 import sys
-import imp
+import importlib
 import signal
 from shutil import copyfile
 from random import choice
@@ -96,11 +96,17 @@
         return cases_paths
 
     def _process_args(self, logger, args):
-        args.output_log = '%s-results-%s.log' % (self.name,
-                time.strftime("%Y%m%d%H%M%S"))
+
+        args.test_start_time = time.strftime("%Y%m%d%H%M%S")
         args.test_data_file = None
         args.CASES_PATHS = None
 
+        bbvars = get_bb_vars()
+        logdir = os.environ.get("BUILDDIR")
+        if 'LOG_DIR' in bbvars:
+            logdir = bbvars['LOG_DIR']
+        args.output_log = logdir + '/%s-results-%s.log' % (self.name, args.test_start_time)
+
         super(OESelftestTestContextExecutor, self)._process_args(logger, args)
 
         if args.list_modules:
@@ -110,7 +116,7 @@
         elif args.list_tests:
             args.list_tests = 'name'
 
-        self.tc_kwargs['init']['td'] = get_bb_vars()
+        self.tc_kwargs['init']['td'] = bbvars
         self.tc_kwargs['init']['machines'] = self._get_available_machines()
 
         builddir = os.environ.get("BUILDDIR")
@@ -174,7 +180,7 @@
                     self.tc.logger.info("\t%s" % l)
 
                 sys.path.extend(layer_libdirs)
-                imp.reload(oeqa.selftest)
+                importlib.reload(oeqa.selftest)
 
         _check_required_env_variables(["BUILDDIR"])
         _check_presence_meta_selftest()
@@ -196,6 +202,28 @@
         self.tc.logger.info("Running bitbake -p")
         runCmd("bitbake -p")
 
+    def get_json_result_dir(self, args):
+        json_result_dir = os.path.join(self.tc.td["LOG_DIR"], 'oeqa')
+        if "OEQA_JSON_RESULT_DIR" in self.tc.td:
+            json_result_dir = self.tc.td["OEQA_JSON_RESULT_DIR"]
+
+        return json_result_dir
+
+    def get_configuration(self, args):
+        import platform
+        from oeqa.utils.metadata import metadata_from_bb
+        metadata = metadata_from_bb()
+        configuration = {'TEST_TYPE': 'oeselftest',
+                        'STARTTIME': args.test_start_time,
+                        'MACHINE': self.tc.td["MACHINE"],
+                        'HOST_DISTRO': ('-'.join(platform.linux_distribution())).replace(' ', '-'),
+                        'HOST_NAME': metadata['hostname'],
+                        'LAYERS': metadata['layers']}
+        return configuration
+
+    def get_result_id(self, configuration):
+        return '%s_%s_%s_%s' % (configuration['TEST_TYPE'], configuration['HOST_DISTRO'], configuration['MACHINE'], configuration['STARTTIME'])
+
     def _internal_run(self, logger, args):
         self.module_paths = self._get_cases_paths(
                 self.tc_kwargs['init']['td']['BBPATH'].split(':'))
@@ -212,7 +240,10 @@
         else:
             self._pre_run()
             rc = self.tc.runTests(**self.tc_kwargs['run'])
-            rc.logDetails()
+            configuration = self.get_configuration(args)
+            rc.logDetails(self.get_json_result_dir(args),
+                          configuration,
+                          self.get_result_id(configuration))
             rc.logSummary(self.name)
 
         return rc
@@ -270,7 +301,7 @@
 
             output_link = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(args.output_log),
                     "%s-results.log" % self.name)
-            if os.path.exists(output_link):
+            if os.path.lexists(output_link):
                 os.remove(output_link)
             os.symlink(args.output_log, output_link)