diff --git a/python/ray/setup-dev.py b/python/ray/setup-dev.py
index 95658ae7d..70ae8fe8e 100755
--- a/python/ray/setup-dev.py
+++ b/python/ray/setup-dev.py
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ def do_link(package, force=False, local_path=""):
         os.path.join(ray.__file__, "../{}".format(package)))
     local_home = os.path.abspath(
         os.path.join(__file__, local_path + "../{}".format(package)))
-    assert os.path.isdir(package_home), package_home
+    if not os.path.isdir(package_home):
+        print("{} does not exist. Continuing to link.".format(package_home))
     assert os.path.isdir(local_home), local_home
     if not force and not click.confirm(
             "This will replace:\n  {}\nwith a symlink to:\n  {}".format(