diff --git a/doc/anopa-rc.pod b/doc/anopa-rc.pod
index 72e53c7..6ab7473 100644
--- a/doc/anopa-rc.pod
+++ b/doc/anopa-rc.pod
@@ -46,16 +46,18 @@ For commands (B<aa-start>(1), B<aa-stop>(1), B<aa-enable>(1), B<aa-status>(1),
 B<aa-reset>(1)), the remaining 7bit integer is actually a bitwise combination
 of the following flags :
 
-    +------+------+-------------------------------------------+---------------+
-    |  RC  | 7bit | Meaning                                   | Notes         |
-    | flag | flag |                                           |               |
-    +------+------+-------------------------------------------+---------------+
-    |   2  |    1 | At least one service was unknown          |               |
-    +------+------+-------------------------------------------+---------------+
-    |   4  |    2 | At least one service was skipped          | aa-start only |
-    +------+------+-------------------------------------------+---------------+
-    |   8  |    4 | At least one service failed               |               |
-    +------+------+-------------------------------------------+---------------+
-    |  16  |    8 | At least one failed service was essential | aa-start only |
-    +------+------+-------------------------------------------+---------------+
+    +------+------+-------------------------------------------+----------------+
+    |  RC  | 7bit | Meaning                                   | Notes          |
+    | flag | flag |                                           |                |
+    +------+------+-------------------------------------------+----------------+
+    |   2  |    1 | At least one service was unknown          |                |
+    +------+------+-------------------------------------------+----------------+
+    |   4  |    2 | At least one service was skipped          | aa-start only  |
+    +------+------+-------------------------------------------+----------------+
+    |   8  |    4 | At least one service failed               |                |
+    +------+------+-------------------------------------------+----------------+
+    |  16  |    8 | At least one failed service was essential | aa-start only  |
+    +------+------+-------------------------------------------+----------------+
+    |  32  |   16 | At least one symlink couldn't be created  | aa-enable only |
+    +------+------+-------------------------------------------+----------------+
 
diff --git a/src/anopa/aa-enable.c b/src/anopa/aa-enable.c
index 4175f17..0252f0b 100644
--- a/src/anopa/aa-enable.c
+++ b/src/anopa/aa-enable.c
@@ -229,6 +229,7 @@ main (int argc, char * const argv[])
     const char *set_finish = NULL;
     int i;
     int r;
+    int rc = RC_OK;
 
     if (!stralloc_catb (&aa_sa_sources, SOURCE_ETC, sizeof (SOURCE_ETC)))
         aa_strerr_diefu1sys (RC_FATAL_MEMORY, "stralloc_catb");
@@ -434,9 +435,15 @@ main (int argc, char * const argv[])
         if ((set_crash || set_finish) && mkdir (SVSCANDIR, S_IRWXU) < 0)
             aa_put_err ("Failed to create " SVSCANDIR, strerror (errno), 1);
         if (set_crash && symlink (set_crash, SCANDIR_CRASH) < 0)
+        {
             aa_put_err ("Failed to create symlink " SCANDIR_CRASH, strerror (errno), 1);
+            rc |= RC_ST_SYMLINK;
+        }
         if (set_finish && symlink (set_finish, SCANDIR_FINISH) < 0)
+        {
             aa_put_err ("Failed to create symlink " SCANDIR_FINISH, strerror (errno), 1);
+            rc |= RC_ST_SYMLINK;
+        }
     }
 
     if (alarm_s6)
@@ -448,11 +455,10 @@ main (int argc, char * const argv[])
             aa_strerr_diefu1x (RC_FATAL_ALARM_S6, "alarm s6-svscan: supervisor not listening");
     }
 
-    r = RC_OK;
     if (ga_failed.len > 0)
-        r |= RC_ST_FAILED;
+        rc |= RC_ST_FAILED;
     if (ga_unknown.len > 0)
-        r |= RC_ST_UNKNOWN;
+        rc |= RC_ST_UNKNOWN;
 
     genalloc_free (size_t, &ga_failed);
     genalloc_free (size_t, &ga_unknown);
@@ -460,5 +466,5 @@ main (int argc, char * const argv[])
     stralloc_free (&sa_pl);
     stralloc_free (&names);
 
-    return r;
+    return rc;
 }
diff --git a/src/anopa/common.h b/src/anopa/common.h
index 2745b12..9d79fe4 100644
--- a/src/anopa/common.h
+++ b/src/anopa/common.h
@@ -32,7 +32,9 @@ enum
     RC_ST_UNKNOWN       = 1 << 1,   /* at least 1 service unknown */
     RC_ST_SKIPPED       = 1 << 2,   /* at least 1 service skipped (start) */
     RC_ST_FAILED        = 1 << 3,   /* at least 1 service failed */
-    RC_ST_ESSENTIAL     = 1 << 4    /* at least 1 failed service was essential */
+    RC_ST_ESSENTIAL     = 1 << 4,   /* at least 1 failed service was essential */
+
+    RC_ST_SYMLINK       = 1 << 5    /* at least 1 symlink couldn't be created */
 };
 
 #endif /* _AA_COMMON_H */