diff --git a/internal/gio/copy.go b/internal/gio/copy.go
index 365e855f3..942999ee0 100644
--- a/internal/gio/copy.go
+++ b/internal/gio/copy.go
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ func CopyWithMode(src, dst string, mode os.FileMode) error {
 		if info.IsDir() {
 			return os.MkdirAll(dst, info.Mode())
 		}
+		if info.Mode()&os.ModeSymlink != 0 {
+			return copySymlink(path, dst)
+		}
 		if mode != 0 {
 			return copyFile(path, dst, mode)
 		}
@@ -42,6 +45,14 @@ func CopyWithMode(src, dst string, mode os.FileMode) error {
 	})
 }
 
+func copySymlink(src, dst string) error {
+	src, err := os.Readlink(src)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return os.Symlink(src, dst)
+}
+
 func copyFile(src, dst string, mode os.FileMode) error {
 	original, err := os.Open(src)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/internal/gio/copy_test.go b/internal/gio/copy_test.go
index f9beb12e4..cfff6ba2c 100644
--- a/internal/gio/copy_test.go
+++ b/internal/gio/copy_test.go
@@ -17,6 +17,23 @@ func TestCopy(t *testing.T) {
 	requireEqualFiles(t, a, b)
 }
 
+func TestCopySymlink(t *testing.T) {
+	tmp := t.TempDir()
+	a := "testdata/somefile.txt"
+	b := tmp + "/somefile.txt"
+	c := tmp + "/somefile2.txt"
+	require.NoError(t, os.Symlink(a, b))
+	require.NoError(t, Copy(b, c))
+
+	fi, err := os.Lstat(c)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.True(t, fi.Mode()&os.ModeSymlink != 0)
+
+	l, err := os.Readlink(c)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Equal(t, a, l)
+}
+
 func TestEqualFilesModeChanged(t *testing.T) {
 	tmp := t.TempDir()
 	a := "testdata/somefile.txt"